Harvest Cookbooks

Updated June 7, 2026
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Misunderstood vegetables : how to fall in love with sunchokes, rutabaga, eggplant, and more
Selengut, Becky
Paper Book
Maybe you just discovered celery root (a lumpy, softball-sized bulb), at the grocery store. Or perhaps you received watermelon radishes in a CSA package. Did a parsnip catch your eye at the farmers' market? Even vegetables you think you know, like cabbage or brussels sprouts, will reveal next...
Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
Sherman, Sean
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . Uncover the stories behind the foods that have linked the natural environments, traditions, and histories of Indigenous peoples across North America for millennia through more than 100 ancestral and modern recipes from three-time James Beard Award-winning Oglala Lakota chef...
Garden grown
Dzafic, Julia
Paper Book
On her popular blog Lemon Stripes, Julia Dzafic shares her life-motherhood, decor, lifestyle, wellness, cooking, and more-with thousands of readers. Julia and her husband Anel are avid gardeners, and the questions she gets the most from her followers are about how to grow their own food-and then...
The harvest baker : 150 sweet and savory recipes celebrating the fresh-picked flavors of fruits, herbs & vegetables
Haedrich, Ken
Paper Book
Let them eat cake -- and vegetables, too! Award-winning cookbook author Ken Haedrich serves up 150 delicious baked goods that are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs and go far beyond zucchini bread and carrot cake. From Bacon, Cheddar, and Fresh Corn Muffins to Fresh Fennel and Italian...
Corn dance : inspired First American cuisine
Oden, Loretta Barrett
Paper Book
Growing up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, among a host of grandmothers and aunties, Loretta Barrett Oden learned the lessons and lore of Potawatomi cooking, along with those of her father's family, whose ancestors arrived on the Mayflower. This rich cultural blend came to bear in the iconic restaurant she...
The complete beans & grains cookbook : a comprehensive guide with 450+ recipes
Paper Book
From favas to fonio, take a deep dive into the vast world of beans and grains, with hundreds of exceptional, foolproof recipes Whether you're just opening a can of black beans, taking the time to brine scarlet runners, or cooking teff, the world of beans and grains is both...
The Sioux chef's indigenous kitchen
Sherman, Sean
Paper Book
2018 James Beard Award Winner: Best American Cookbook Named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2017 by NPR, The Village Voice, Smithsonian Magazine, UPROXX, New York Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Mpls. St....
Half baked harvest every day : recipes for balanced, flexible, feel-good meals
Gerard, Tieghan
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . More than 120 all-new recipes that will leave everyone feeling good, from crowd-pleasers with a healthier twist to family favorites you can rely on every day-from the author of Half Baked Harvest Super Simple. Balanced. Bold....
Half baked harvest cookbook : recipes from my barn in the mountains
Gerard, Tieghan
Paper Book
125of your new favorite recipes, featuring maximum flavor, minimum fuss, and the farm to table style that turned Half Baked Harvest from a beloved blog into the megahit cookbook series "Recipes veer from Braised Pork Tamale Burrito Bowls to Crispy Buffalo Quinoa Bites with no...
Half baked harvest quick & cozy
Gerard, Tieghan
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . 120+ recipes for delicious, soul-warming comfort food . . . and getting it ready in a hurry-from the author of Half Baked Harvest Every Day. Colorful. Convenient. Comforting. Mega-bestselling author Tieghan Gerard is...
Half baked harvest super simple : more than 125 recipes for instant, overnight, meal-prepped, and easy comfort foods
Gerard, Tieghan
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .There's something for everyone in these125 easy, show-stopping recipes- fewer ingredients, foolproof meal-prepping, effortless entertaining, and everything in between,including vegan and vegetarian options! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF...
Grow cook eat : a food lover's guide to vegetable gardening : including how to grow 50 vegetables, herbs, and fruits
Galloway, Willi
Paper Book
The conscious foodie's guide to growing and harvesting their own urban vegetable garden--featuring 50 profiles of common vegetables and herbs, plus 50 recipes for garden-to-table meals you'll want to make again and again. From sinking a seed into the soil to enjoying a meal made...
The Edible Flower : A Modern Guide to Growing, Cooking and Eating Edible Flowers
Facer, Jo
Paper Book
On a seven-acre small holding in rural Northern Ireland, organic gardener Jo Facer and head chef Erin Bunting run fork-to-fork supper club, organic small-holding and fledgling cooking and growing school, The Edible Flower. In their first cookbook, learn to grow and cook...
The homestead canning cookbook
Varozza, Georgia
Paper Book
Bless Your Family with Healthy, Organic Food Certified master food preserver and cooking enthusiast Georgia Varozza wants to show you how safe and easy canning your favorite foods can be. She will teach you the basics, including how to fit the process into...
Homegrown pantry : a gardener's guide to selecting the best varieties & planting the perfect amounts for what you want to eat year-round
Pleasant, Barbara
Paper Book
Now that you've mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops -- including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more -- to keep your...
Homestead recipes : midwestern inspirations, family favorites, and pearls of wisdom from a sassy home cook
Rettke, Amanda
Paper Book
From the author of Surprise-Inside Cakes and the hugely popular I Am Homesteader and I Am Baker blogs--a comfort food cookbook filled with sass, charm, and 110 tried-and-true home-cooked favorite recipes that shine whether you're a megamart devotee or a garden-to-table...
How to grow your dinner without leaving the house
Ratinon, Claire
Paper Book
"Just the thing to overcome your fears and find out just how much you can grow on a balcony or window ledge." - Jane Perrone, Guardian A vegetable garden is not an option for everyone, and so container growing has become desirable for people with little outside space
The homegrown paleo cookbook : over 100 delicious, gluten-free, farm-to-table recipes, and a complete guide to growing your own healthy food
Rodgers, Diana
Paper Book
This unique book is a three-in-one treasure trove: cookbook, growers guide and selection of unplugged living tips. The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook is a must have for anyone looking to have a closer connection to how healthy food is produced. Along with her husband, Farmer Andrew', nutritional therapist...
Food Science for Gardeners: Grow, Harvest, and Prepare Nutrient Dense Foods
Pavlis, Robert.
Paper Book
Grow food that tastes better -- and understand why it does. Flavor, texture, and nutrition begin long before harvest. Food Science for Gardeners explores how soil health, plant chemistry, and growing conditions shape the quality of the food you bring to the table. When you...
The nourished kitchen : farm-to-table recipes for the traditional foods lifestyle : featuring bone broths, fermented vegetables, grass-fed meats, wholesome fats, raw dairy, and kombuchas
McGruther, Jennifer.
Paper Book
A cookbook from the author of the popular website Nourished Kitchen, featuring over 160 recipes based on the "traditional foods" philosophy of eating, which emphasizes whole grains, dairy, red meat, organ meats, and fermented foods. The traditional foods movement is a fad-free...
The complete guide to pressure canning : everything you need to know to can meats, vegetables, meals in a jar, and more
Devereaux, Diane
Paper Book
The ultimate beginner's guide to canning and preserving at home-inspire a new, sustainable hobby with this unique holiday gift! From soups and stews to broths and beans and entire meals in a jar, pressure canning is a time-honored craft that allows you to safely and affordably preserve the...
The all new Ball book of canning and preserving : over 350 of the best canned, jammed, pickled, and preserved recipes
Paper Book
From the experts at Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball canning products, comes the first truly comprehensive canning guide created for today's home cooks. This modern handbook boasts more than 350 of the best recipes ranging from jams and jellies to jerkies, pickles, salsas, and more-including...
Saving the season : a cook's guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving
West, Kevin
Paper Book
The ultimate canning guide for cooks--from the novice to the professional--and the only book you need to save (and savor) the season throughout the entire year "Gardening history, 18th-century American painters, poems, and practical information; it's a rich book. And unlike other...
Essential Food Preserving: The Comprehensive Guide to Canning, Freezing, Drying, and Fermenting Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Nuts, Beans, Meat, Dairy
Skinner, Julia
Paper Book
The must-have reference guide to all the methods used for preserving every type of food-from canning vegetables to making fruit wines to curing meat-with more than 250 recipes and creative zero-waste options for using all the parts that are normally discarded. Essential...
The farm table
Roberts, Julius
Paper Book
Enjoy the comforts of the English countryside with 100 seasonal recipes to savor throughout the year and thoughtful essays about living farm-to-table--from British chef-turned-farmer Julius Roberts. "A heartwarming and uplifting book. The recipes are utterly gorgeous."--Nigel...
The art of preserving : ancient techniques and modern inventions to capture every season in a jar
Macdonald, Emma (Chef)
Paper Book
This sumptuous guide filled with beautiful photography and expert practical tips is guaranteed to be the only resource you will ever need to preserve fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. Preserving food at home is vital to eating in a seasonal, sustainable, low-waste and, most...
Smashed, mashed, boiled, and baked-and fried, too! : a celebration of potatoes in 75 irresistible recipes
Iyer, Raghavan
Paper Book
Share the obsession! Inspired by a diversity of cuisines, James Beard Award-winner Raghavan Iyer's passion for potatoes shines through in his continent-by-continent celebration of the amazing potato and the tastiest ways you can cook it--including soups, salads,...
Cooking from scratch : 120 recipes for colorful, seasonal food from PCC Community Markets
Lightner, Jill
Paper Book
120 simple and delicious recipes in a cookbook that's chock-full of nutritional information and expert advice from Seattle's popular grocer,PCCCommunity Markets Eating healthy, local food prepared from scratch is at the heart of this cookbook fromPCCCommunity Markets. Going...
Asian vegetables : gardening, cooking, storytelling
Wang, Stéphanie
Paper Book
While bok choy is now a staple on Western grocery store shelves, other Asian vegetables remain unknown--even though they're delicious, nutritious, and easy to grow in northern climates.  Caroline, Stéphanie, and Patricia Wang, three sisters of Cantonese descent, have made it their...
A Feather and a Fork: 125 Intertribal Dishes from an Indigenous Food Warrior
Wahpepah, Crystal
Paper Book
From an acclaimed Indigenous chef comes an extraordinary cookbook that weaves powerful storytelling with 125 intertribal recipes to heal our bodies and restore our foodways--featuring a foreword by bestselling novelist and fellow Oaklandian Tommy Orange. Chef Crystal Wahpepah has...
The self-reliant kitchen : from-scratch sourdough breads, homemade cheese, and farm-to-table meals
Mullennix, Michelle
Paper Book
Traditional skills, heritage recipes, and food preparation techniques from the generations before us. If you're ready to stop relying on overly processed foods from the grocery store and start nourishing yourself and your family with healthier options, this book is for you....
The Farmer's wife comfort food cookbook : over 300 blue-ribbon recipes!
Nargi, Lela.
Paper Book
The very notion of comfort food could have begun in the farm kitchen, with its rich aromas of bubbling stew and apple pie, its stock of fresh eggs and butter and bacon, its warming custard on a cold winters night or cool spoonful of home-churned ice cream on a steaming Fourth of July. Culled from...
The bean book : 100 recipes for cooking with all kinds of beans, from the Rancho Gordo kitchen
Sando, Steve
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . From the founder of the acclaimed Rancho Gordo bean company, an authoritative guide to 50 bean varieties and how to cook with them, featuring 100 classic and modern recipes. "The Bean Book is the magnum opus from the KING of heirloom...
Fermented vegetables : creative recipes for fermenting 64 vegetables & herbs in krauts, kimchis, brined pickles, chutneys, relishes & pastes
Shockey, Kirsten
Paper Book
Master the techniques for making sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, and other savory, probiotic-rich foods in your own kitchen.This easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide presents more than 120 recipes for fermenting 64 different vegetables and herbs. Learn the basics, and then refine your technique...
The complete salad cookbook : a fresh guide to 200+ vibrant dishes using greens, vegetables, grains, proteins, and more
America's Test Kitchen (Firm)
Paper Book
Salads can be fun and filling-and this healthy cookbook shows you how, with 230+ dinner-worthy salad recipes packed with color, crunch, flavor, and nutrition! What does salad have the potential to be? An exciting mix of ingredients, flavors, and textures! Think- peaches...
The preservation kitchen : the craft of making and cooking with pickles, preserves, and aigre-doux
Virant, Paul
Paper Book
The first canning manual and cookbook authored by Michelin-starred chef and Vie restaurant owner Paul Virant, featuring more than 100 recipes "If any book could inspire me to can, it's this one . . . To flip through this book is to await every turn of the season and every...
Cool beans : the ultimate guide to cooking with the world's most versatile plant-based protein, with 125 recipes
Yonan, Joe
Paper Book
Unlock the possibilities of beans, chickpeas, lentils, pulses, and morewith125 fresh, modern recipes for globally inspired vegetarian mains, snacks, soups, and desserts, from a James Beard Award-winning food writer "This is the bean bible we need."-Bon Appetit
The Steger Homestead kitchen : simple recipes for an abundant life
Steger, Will
Paper Book
Personal and simple, earthy and warm--recipes and stories from the Steger Wilderness Center in Minnesota's north woods   The Steger Homestead Kitchen is an inspiring and down-to-earth collection of meals and memories gathered at the Homestead, the home of...
The good berry cookbook : harvesting and cooking wild rice and other wild foods
Hart, Tashia
Paper Book
Explore the natural history, ecological contributions, and cultural significance of manoomin (wild rice), and savor complementary wild foods and local flavors with more than seventy-five inspired recipes, including favorites from over a dozen Indigenous cooks from various nations. ...
The ranch table : recipes from a year of harvests, celebrations, and family dinners on a historic California ranch
Poett, Elizabeth
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER From the star of Magnolia Network's popular show Ranch to Table--a stunningly beautiful cookbook celebrating a year on a ranch on the California coast, featuring simple yet festive recipes, inspiring menus, and fascinating culture and history. Elizabeth Poett...
Five Marys ranch raised cookbook : homegrown recipes from our family to yours
Heffernan, Mary
Paper Book
Featuring 75 family-friendly recipes straight from the ranch, this is a "beautiful, candid, heartfelt window into the life, kitchen, and home of a wildly successful rancher and businesswoman" (Erin Benzakein, New York Times-bestselling author of Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers)....
Beginner's guide to canning : 90 easy recipes to can, savor, and gift
Deveraux, Diane.
Paper Book
The can-do guide to water bath and pressure canning for beginners--from Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®! Canning is an ideal summer activity that provides an enjoyable pastime along with delicious, preserved food throughout the year. For many people, canning conjures up memories of cozy...
The new Midwestern table : 200 heartland recipes
Thielen, Amy.
Paper Book
Minnesota native Amy Thielen, host of Heartland Table on Food Network, presents 200 recipes that herald a revival in heartland cuisine in this James Beard Award-winning cookbook. Amy Thielen grew up in rural northern Minnesota, waiting in lines for potluck buffets amid...
Vibrant harvest : cultivating a kaleidoscope of colors in your vegetable garden with heirlooms, modern hybrids, and more
Mao, Sandra
Paper Book
Fill your garden and plate with a rainbow of flavorful produce with this engaging and visually stunning guide to a Vibrant Harvest. It's easy to "eat the rainbow" when you're growing one right in your own backyard! In Vibrant Harvest, you'll meet some of the...
The forest feast : simple vegetarian recipes from my cabin in the woods
Gleeson, Erin
Paper Book
Erin Gleeson made her dream a reality when she left New York City and moved into a tiny cabin in a California forest in order to be closer to nature. The natural beauty of her surroundings and the abundance of local produce serve as the inspiration for The Forest Feast, based on her popular blog....
Foolproof preserving : a guide to small batch jams, jellies, pickles, condiments, and more
Paper Book
Every home cook's essential step-by-step guide to canning and preserving 100 can't-fail sweet and savory recipes, from tried-and-true classics to modern updates. The experts at America's Test Kitchen show you how to easily (and safely) make homemade everything--from fruity jams...
Seed to plate, soil to sky : modern plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients
Frank, Lois Ellen
Paper Book
Winner of Two IACP Awards Food Issues & Matters * Health & Nutrition This enriching cookbook celebrates eight important plants Native Americans introduced to the rest of the world: corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and...
Drink your garden : recipes, stories, and tips from the Simple Goodness Cocktail Farm
Kelly, Belinda
Paper Book
Sisters Belinda Kelly and Venise Cunningham have together grown a successful business, Simple Goodness Farm, by embracing nostalgia, nature, and a back-to-basics way of living. They've given a unique homespun spin to their cocktails and family-friendly happy hours with the syrups, tinctures,...
Eating from the ground up : recipes for simple, perfect vegetables
Chernila, Alana
Paper Book
Vegetables keep secrets, and to prepare them well, we need to know how to coax those secrets out. "What is the best way to eat a radish?" Alana Chernila hears this sort of question all the time. Arugula, celeriac, kohlrabi, fennel, asparagus--whatever the vegetable may be, people...
Vegetable revelations : inspiration for produce-forward cooking
Satterfield, Steven
Paper Book
Discover innovative, adaptable, and delicious ways to serve a wide range of vegetables with this inspired vegetable cookbook featuring over 150 seasonal recipes from Steven Satterfield, the James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef and author of Root to Leaf. In the last...
Chími nu'am : native California foodways for the contemporary kitchen
Calvosa Olson, Sara
Paper Book
More than seventy delectable recipes that bring California's Indigenous cuisines into kitchens today. Finalist for the 2023 Glenn Goldman Award for Cooking, Chosen by the California Booksellers Alliance In this sumptuous cookbook, Sara Calvosa Olson (Karuk) reimagines...
Canning & preserving
Jeanroy, Amelia
Paper Book
Get your food preservation skills in the can Craving a juicy peach in the barren midwinter? Yearning for a cupful of home-grown tomato soup before the seeds are even in the ground? Canning makes you the ultimate boss of your food supply all year 'round and helps you reduce costs and...
Original local : indigenous foods, stories, and recipes from the Upper Midwest
Erdrich, Heid E.
Paper Book
 Local foods have garnered much attention in recent years, but the concept is hardly new: indigenous peoples have always made the most of nature's gifts. Their menus were truly the "original local," celebrated here in sixty home-tested recipes paired with profiles of tribal activists, food...
Milk Street vegetables : 250 bold, simple recipes for every season
Kimball, Christopher
Paper Book
Move vegetables into the center of your plate from the realm of sides and salads with this vegetable-cooking bible of more than 250 full-flavor recipes, from James Beard and IACP award winner Christopher Kimball's Milk Street. Chili-spiked carrots. Skillet...
Six seasons : a new way with vegetables /
McFadden, Joshua,
Paper Book
Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book in Vegetable-Focused Cooking Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Bon Appétit, Food Network Magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, USA Today,...

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