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Review: Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook

Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook
by Poppy Tooker
marketumbrella.org, 2009
New Orleans native Poppy Tooker, a prolific food writer, TV producer and local foods promoter, is an apt author for this cookbook with a story, the story being the 400-year market tradition of the Crescent City and the history of its namesake farmers market.
“During our thirteen year history, [...]

Review: North American Mushrooms

North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi
by Dr. Orson K. Miller Jr.
Falcon, 2006
Although nicely illustrated with color photos and densely packed with descriptions and identification keys, this field guide only covers some 600 out of several thousand North American mushroom species. It is not a definitive reference and should not be [...]