The Locavore Way: Discovering the Delicious Pleasures of Eating Fresh, Locally G

by Amy Cotler

Paperback

Published January 1, 2009

About the author

Amy Cotler has worked as chef, caterer, cooking teacher, food writer and farm-to-table advocate in New York and New England before moving to Mexico. (Although she's often in the US.)
She's the author of several books, including: The Locavore Way: Discover the Pleasures of Fresh Locally Grown Food (Storey Publications); Fresh from the Farm: The Farm to School Cookbook (Massachusetts Department of Education); The Secret Garden Cookbook (HarperCollins); Wrap it Up: Bold and Bright Sandwiches with a Twist (Rivers Press) and One Pot Vegetarian Dishes (HarperCollins).
Ms Cotler has lectured before small and large audiences at numerous venues, including Cornell and New York University, the Annual Chefs Collaborative Summit and the National Restaurant Association Show in New York and Chicago. She's taught cooking, writing and culinary history at many schools, including The Culinary Institute of America and The Institute of Culinary Education. I’m the founding director of Berkshire Grown, an early New England farm to table initiative that has received national recognition.
For six years Ms Cotler worked as the host of four forums on The New York Times on the Web. As a major contributor to Joy of Cooking, and over the course of her career she's developed close to a thousand recipes for that book, as well as for clients and her own books and articles. She's appeared on The Food Network and many public (and private) radio stations.