The Farm: Rustic Recipes for a Year of Incredible Food (2024)

This is a beautiful book with great photographs. I borrowed it from the Library and read it while riding the subway. The woman sitting next to me couldn't keep her eyes off the book and finally asked me for the title. We ended up discussing possible meals on the ride home.

The recipes are arranged by season. The book did make me want to plan a vegetable garden.

I rated it with 4 stars because there were many recipes I would not make--groundhog cacciatore anyone?
I tried the meatloaf (very good) favored with prunes! I also tried the spinach walnut lasagna, also quite good.
The chipotle twice-baked potatoes were also a hit.

If you are looking for a new cookbook with some adventurous recipes, give it a try.

More than just a cookbook, The Farm is an homage to Knauer's grandfather and the property that has been in their family for generations. Knauer was a food editor at Gourmet, and he wrote a very memorable article on ordering a goat from a halal butcher. It *almost* made me want to try goat. I was pleased to read more from him.

I want to cook every recipe in this book, with a few exceptions: I don't think I'll ever buy and roast a whole pig, and I'll probably skip the beer-braised chicken. Even those recipes, though, are straightforward and simple. Not necessarily quick and easy, but if you take the time to source good ingredients, even if they're not fresh from your garden, you'll very likely end up with something delicious.

Now if I can just get the Man to like smoked paprika...

Ian writes about farming, family, and food like a poet. The handful of recipes I've tried so far have been great.

I really recommend this cookbook.

There were a large number of recipes in this book which I could see myself making. However, there were a huge chunk of recipes which I felt the ingredients would be difficult to find. I also would have liked to have seen more pictures of finished dishes in the book. The photography of the landscape was beautiful and I loved the stories even more, but felt the pictures of the finished dishes would have been more practical, esp for a novice cook.

I read this cookbook cover to cover. I enjoyed his stories of visiting the family farm as a child to the present where his cousins are now keeping the farm alive with a huge garden. A lot of his recipes have traditional PA Dutch roots with a little twist, and using lots of fresh produce from the garden.

The book, filled with lovely stories, pictures and anecdotes, sometimes feels more like a journal or letter than it does a cookbook. I enjoyed the way the book transitioned from one season to the next. Seemingly simple and beautiful recipes ready for the tasting.

Great recipes and essays, well worth reading. Reminds me of my grandparents' Victory Garden, which was a miraculous place!

Wonderful recipes (and quite a few that this Pennsylvania Dutch girl grew up with) and lovely photos. I plan on making a couple of recipes. I may even try to make Hard Cider.

Good enough I should own it... already tried the refrigerator radish pickles with several more recipes I'd like to flag...

Fascinating stories woven in of Ian's family farm with recipes that are modern, yet use much of the goodness of the farm.

Beautiful story and delicious sounding recipes. It made me want to grow a large garden.

Nothing inspired me, though the pictures are nice.

Beautiful photos, good healthy recipes with fresh seasonal ingredients and easy to understand recipes

A shiny little gem of a cook book!

Yummy recipe for chicken marinated with honey