The reviewer appreciates Joshua McFadden's cookbook, Six Seasons, for its focus on seasonal vegetables and inspiring recipes. They find the organization by vegetable chapters less user-friendly but praise the beautiful photography and precise instructions that make the dishes excellent.
The reviewer starts by mentioning their New Year's resolution to focus on healthier eating and exercise, which leads them to Joshua McFadden's cookbook, Six Seasons. They highlight the book's focus on seasonal vegetables and its nearly 400 pages of plant-forward recipes. The reviewer finds the organization by vegetable chapters less intuitive and prefers dish-type categorization, but they appreciate the beautiful food photography and the precise, clear instructions that make the recipes excellent. They have made many dishes from the book and are eager to try more, praising the book's strong track record.
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The book, which won the 2018 James Beard award for “Vegetable-Focused Cooking Media,” is something of a love letter to seasonality and vegetables.
Her work has me clamoring to cook nearly every passing recipe, but that’s also because every passing recipe has so far turned out to be, well, excellent.
What I’m trying to say is that the track record with Six Seasons is strong, and even though I’ve made many of McFadden’s dishes, there are still so many more to explore.