[Suzanne]

Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables is out of print, I believe. But maybe now Morrow will want to bring it out??

[Isa]

Amazon.ca says I can order, it will take 5 to 7 weeks for delivery though.

But wait, if anyone is interested indigo says it will ship in 24 hours.

[Suzanne]

I truly could not cook without either of those two of Elizabeth Schneider's books. I tend to buy produce that looks interesting in all ethnicities of markets, whether or not even I know it is, and then look it up when I get home. I don't think I've ever been disappointed when I looked in one of her books. GO FOR IT.

[Isa]

Ok I'm just about convince to go for both books...

[Isa]

Suzanne could you please tell me if there is a lot of repetition between the vegetable section of Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables and Vegetables ?

Does Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables contains very exotic fruits such a boudah's hand?

[Suzanne]

Uncommon has a lot of tropical fruits -- atemoya, cherimoya, carambola, guava, feijoa, kumquats, litchi, loquat, tamarillo -- and not-all-that-uncommon fruits such as blood oranges, clementines, currants, kiwi, mango, papaya, passion fruit, persimmon. No Buddha's hand, though. So if you have access to a wide variety of fruits, there are some very good recipes.

There IS a lot of repetition of vegetables in both, but as far as I can tell there is no duplication of recipes. I usually check both books when I'm looking for information or recipes. Some vegs are only in one book or the other. And Vegetables has color photos, which my paperback of Uncommon does not.



Isa, BTW: I don't know why your message couldn't get to me; I only have 16 messages TOTAL in my boxes.

[Isa]

Thanks Suzanne, I'll have to make up my mind this week. Maybe another trip to the bookstore would help....