Eat Your Roses - Denise Schreiber - Bog

Roses are Red Violets are Blue... You can have your flowers and eat them too!In "Eat Your Roses," author Denise Schreiber introduces 52 of her favorite edible flowers, their culinary uses and special "sense appeal." A passionate flower eater and award-winning cook, Denise presents dozens of playful, mouth-watering recipes (from appetizers to desserts to fragrant liqueurs). Get ready to discover calendula corn muffins...and that ultimate floral treat: rose petal ice cream! ""Eat Your Roses is filled with fascinating recipes to turn beautiful garden blooms into surprising and unforgettable dishes. Be sure to try the pineapple guava smoothie.""Doug Oster, author of "Tomatoes Garlic Basil" ""Eat Your Roses demystifies the culinary preparations of edible flowers. Whether it's an annual, a perennial or even a weed, Denise shows you what can be done. I especially recommend the nasturtium bundles!""Lisa Marini Finerty, "YourGardenShow.com" ""A fresh, fun and interesting approach to not only using flowers from the garden, but the joy of concocting them into creative, delicious dishes...(if you don't like the flower in the garden you can have it for lunch!)""Stephanie Cohen, "The Perennial Diva"Co-author of "The Nonstop Garden"