cooking

by Joyce Tu

Crazy For Citrus Cookbook Available!

The revised edition of our popular citrus cookbook is now available. This new edition includes color and additional recipes in each of the categories: Drinks, Soups & Starters, Salads, Mains & Sides, Quick Breads, Sauces, Marinades & Relishes and Desserts. There is a resource page and tips for growing citrus year-round in Santa Clara County.

Crazy for Citrus is the answer for what to do with all the wonderful citrus growing in your backyard.

The cookbook is available now at the Master Gardener office (1553 Berger Drive, Bldg. 1, San Jose). The $15.00 price includes tax.

Our Chile Head Sampler is on sale now!

Whether your taste runs toward a fiery jam to warm up your toast on chilly mornings or a crusty cornbread with colorful seasonal pods, the Chile Head Sampler can be your kitchen companion.

This user-friendly guide to cooking with chiles features nearly 40 original recipes by Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County in categories such as main dishes, sauces, dips and preserves. The book, first published in 2002 and currently in its fourth printing, also includes tips on how to extend the season by drying, smoking, marinating, barbecuing and freezing chiles.

The Sampler includes a section on how to grow chiles. Packaged in holiday colors of red, green and ivory, the chile book will spice up holiday gift baskets and the creations cooks will conjure up will make guests merry and puffed up with mirth and glee.

In easy-to-follow style, the Master Gardener chile book team carries out the volunteer organization's mission of providing horticultural information and educating the public within its pages. As in previous years, the Master Gardeners grew nearly 100 varieties of rare chiles in their demonstration trials. Plants are sold, along with plenty of free advice, at our annual Spring Garden Market.