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The Perfect Peach

Recipes and Stories from the Masumoto Family Farm [A Cookbook]

By David Mas Masumoto, Marcy Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto
Foreword by Rick Bayless

By David Mas Masumoto, Marcy Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto
Foreword by Rick Bayless

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Jun 11, 2013 | ISBN 9781607743286

The Perfect Peach by David Mas Masumoto, Marcy Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto
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About The Perfect Peach

A cookbook showcasing the luscious flavor of peaches in 50 sweet and savory dishes, drawing on the life stories and experiences of America’s foremost peach farming family, the Masumotos of California’s central valley.

Enjoy the luscious versatility of summer’s finest fruit with fifty sweet and savory dishes.
 
The Masumoto family’s amazing heirloom peaches—which are available for a few weeks each year at the best produce markets and top restaurants in the country—are widely considered the best peaches in the world. Their debut cookbook gathers the family’s favorite recipes, from classics like Hearty Peach Cobbler, Peach Chutney, and Slow-Cooked Pork Tacos to inspired combinations such as Prosciutto-Wrapped Peaches, Caprese with Peaches, Spice-Rubbed Pork Chops and Grilled Peaches, and Stuffed French Toast. And the pristine flavor of a just-picked summer peach can be enjoyed year-round with the easy-to-follow instructions for drying, canning, freezing, or jamming the best of the harvest.
 
With rich recipe and location photographs fresh from the orchard, this beautiful cookbook paints an intricate portrait of an organic farm that has been in the family for four generations. Accompanied by eloquent essays that evoke the soul of family farming and the nuances of a life filled with peaches, The Perfect Peach is for anyone who longs to savor the flavor of a pristinely ripe peach.

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Category: Cooking Methods | Food Memoir & Travel

Ebook | $10.99
Published by Ten Speed Press
Jun 11, 2013 | 176 Pages | ISBN 9781607743286

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Praise

“This is a very special book, not just because it’s about peaches and the surprising things you can do with them, but because it’s also about growing peaches, the farming life, and, most uniquely, because it’s composed by a family. While readingThe Perfect Peach, I couldn’t help but wish that every fruit and vegetable had champions like the Masumoto family, for surely each one deserves it. I look forward to that day.”
—Deborah Madison, author of Vegetable Literacy and Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

“I have one word for the writing, photography, essays, and topic of this book: luscious. The Masumoto family has produced a glorious paean to the fruit they raise along with delightful ideas about what to do with an abundance of this heavenly fruit: sangria, salsa, pizza, and, of course, shortcake. I can’t wait for summer.”
—Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and author of What to Eat 

“Congratulations to Mas and family for putting together a long overdue tribute to the delicious peach! I can’t wait to test out the tantalizing recipes in their wonderful new book.”
—Ag Kawamura, farmer and former California Secretary of Agriculture

“From Shaking Beef with Peaches to Peach Lemongrass Granita, The Perfect Peachcollects an abundance of compelling recipes. But as a native son of Georgia who worked his first summer job at a peach packing plant, what really appealed to me were the Masumuto family tributes to all things sweet and fuzzy, and the interstitial essays that supply the real locomotion for this book of cookery advice and agricultural rumination.”
—John T. Edge, coeditor, The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook

Table Of Contents

Foreword by Rick Bayless  
Introduction: Dating a Peach  
 
chapter one
A Peach Primer
 
chapter two
Thirst and Sweat
Beverages and Stories about Work
 
chapter three
At the Table
Savory Dishes and Family Farming
 
chapter four
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dishes and Peach Pleasure
 
chapter five
Harvest Memories
Preserves and Legacy
 
Acknowledgments 
Index 
Measurement Conversion Charts 
About the Authors 
 
 

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