The Lavender Cookbook

by Sharon Shipley

The appeal of lavender extends beyond its fragrance to the rich yet delicate flavor it adds to a variety of foods. Here's the first cookbook to focus on ways the aromatic herb can be used to enhance ordinary ingredients. More than 90 recipes, such as Grilled Lavender-Honey Chicken, Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms with Lavender Goat Cheese, and Double Chocolate and Lavender Gelato, highlight appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, baked goods, and desserts, with tips on growing and preserving lavender.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Culinary

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Bodies in the Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

The local charity shops are serving us well for unusual cookbooks - perhaps lots of people have weeded their collections during lock down.

I picked this one up mainly for its lavender scones recipe, but will also try some of the others - sometimes I must admit deliberately missing out the prescribed lavender, which just isn't a flavour I imagine working well with fish, for example. However, some of the "everyday" dishes to which Shipley has added the herb are new to me - possibly because, I am Scottish and she is Californian - so the book is still a worthwhile acquisition, even if the author has perhaps failed in her quest to convert us all to floral meals.

We'll see...

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've *FINALLY* allowed myself to enjoy reading every recipe having *FINALLY* invested in a mortar and pestle, organic culinary-grade lavender buds, and a Cuisinart HM-90S Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Handheld Mixer (after my grandmother's hand-me-down first generation General Electric hand mixer went irreparably kaput). Cannot wait to test every one of these recipes!! Though to do that I could really use a food processor, bamboo steamer, and a grown-up size roasting pan. Slowly but surely... slowly but surely.

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

More than 120 recipes infused with lavender. If you like lavender in any form you will enjoy this cookbook.

I had homemade lavender ice cream years ago in New York. I always wanted to try to make it and there is a recipe in this book. Also, the Lavender Iced Tea Sangria. Yum!

[brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love lavendar and this is a great resource for enjoying its culinary aspects. I HIGHLY recommend this book if you are into food/wine/cooking.

[Katharina Daniliszyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picked it up at the Chicago Botanic Garden shop 10 years ago and it always serves up unusual recipes for when I'm bored of regular dishes and want to try something new