Florida's Backyard

Florida's Backyard is an inspired collection of original recipes featuring the homegrown fruits and vegetables of the Sunshine State. With an emphasis on Florida's fresh and wholesome ingredients, Carrie Hanna has written a user-friendly book of chef-quality, kitchen-tested recipes that both skilled and novice cooks can use in their everyday cooking. Florida's Backyard offers over 100 sophisticated and flavor-filled recipes plus informative chapters about buying fresh fish, using substitutions, stocking the pantry, entertaining with simplicity and style, reducing fat in recipes, and menu planning. Amazing soups and salads, an extensive seafood chapter, and other enticing main course dishes and desserts make this cookbook an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to capture Florida's dynamic flavors and relaxing lifestyle.