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Becky Selengut with Bethany Jean Clement
Local chef and author Becky Selengut returns to the store to chat with Seattle Times food writer Bethany Jean Clement about her new book. Misunderstood Vegetables is a road map to 25 of weird, wild, undervalued and underappreciated vegetables, with recipes.
Go from “what the heck is this” to “how does it taste so good” in Misunderstood Vegetables, a celebration of misfit vegetables. From celery root and rutabaga to beets and okra, Becky Selengut has made it her mission to make less popular—or even outright scorned—vegetables approachable for the curious cook. By breaking them down and revealing the essence of what they contribute to a dish, even familiar produce like cabbage and Brussels sprouts can reveal next-level flavor with the right recipe—it’s all about knowing what herbs, spices, and cooking methods bring out the best in each unique type of veg. Complete with bright, beautiful photographs, Misunderstood Vegetables highlights 25 vegetables in Selengut’s signature informed, friendly, and witty style with seasonal recipes, history, step-by-step preparation, and storage tips. A must-have for the plant curious, this cookbook will have readers seeking out unusual and underused produce like never before.
Becky Selengut is an author, instructor, podcaster, and chef based in Seattle. Her books include: How to Taste, Shroom, Good Fish, and Not One Shrine. Her latest book Misunderstood Vegetables is slated for publication by W.W. Norton (Countryman Press) for February 20, 2024. Selengut is the co-host of the local foods podcast Field to Fork. When Selengut is not the chef aboard the M/V Thea Foss, she forages, makes a mean Manhattan, and shares her life with her sommelier wife April Pogue and their lovably loony pointer mix Izzy.
Bethany Jean Clement is a food critic for the Seattle Times. Her writing has also appeared in The Stranger, multiple Best Food Writing anthologies, Food & Wine, The Baffler, Town & Country, Edible Seattle, Gourmet, Beard House Magazine, and on the windows of the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. She is the former food critic and managing editor of The Stranger, and a former staff writer and managing editor for Seattle Weekly. Find all Bethany's Seattle Times writing here. Find her on Instagram and on Facebook.
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