The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook: Good Real Food

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Creating a better world starts at home--in the kitchen--and for twenty years the Birchwood Cafe has guided diners to live and eat sustainably and joyfully. Now you can sample Birchwood's recipes--adapted for home cooks--and fill your own table with some of the irresistible fare that has made the cafe one of the region's best-loved restaurants. In

Tracy Singleton is the founder and owner of the Birchwood Cafe, where Marshall Paulsen is chef. A longtime writer on local foods, Beth Dooley's books include The Northern Heartland Kitchen and Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook, a collaboration with photographer Mette Nielsen, whose work includes The Spoonriver Cookbook and The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper.

"If you have ever wondered what it would be like to have Birchwood Cafe's delectable 'good real food' at home, the answer is here in this book. It will rejuvenate our commitment to healthier cooking with the best of Minnesota!"-Lucia Watson "Birchwood is more than a cafe-it is a community. For close to seventy-five years this little corner has become a vibrant gathering place where neighbors, farmers, families, and friends come together around food. The stories, recipes, and the people who make it all happen are embodied in this beautiful book, bringing the Birchwood experience into our homes and kitchens and onto our tables."-Michael Ableman, farmer and author of From the Good Earth, On Good Land, and Fields of Plenty* "Fresh organic food with purpose and right tribe; the Birchwood Cafe is the Blue Zone of Minneapolis! This gracious and simple cafe has a big presence in our lives-Marshall's tasty food and Tracy's social activism have led the way for many healthy and sustainable initiatives and have us all thinking about where our food comes from. Now, you can bring this delicious, conscious, and healthful way of life into your own kitchen."-Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author of Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People "I had no problem slotting the recipes into our lives. These were all foods that we wanted to eat together, as a family, after a busy day. They "-Heavy Table "Clear and concise recipes for fresh and healthy foods paired with profiles of the farmers Paulsen and Singleton make this a great gift for the healthy eater or vegetarian."-St. Paul Pioneer Press "Locavores will love The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook. . . The seasonal chapters of this new tome show home cooks how to use the freshest ingredients in their cooking."-Minnesota Monthly "This is truly a cookbook for all seasons, including ones you didn't even know we had."-City Pages