Cathy Barrow

The Wisconsin Book Festival presents a special book event with Cathy Barrow. In Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry, Cathy Barrow introduces a world of practical and easy-to-master techniques, tools, and recipes for preserving fruits, vegetables, meats, and fish, canning beans and soups, and making cheese. Readers will learn the pros and cons of pectin, the essential technique of brining, and the comforting fact that they can make cheese in their own homes. Present throughout each chapter are Bonus Recipes, which use ingredients from that pantry of goodness—tomato soup from canned crushed tomatoes, brined pork chops with garlicky bok choy, rugelach made with apricot preserves, kale and potato galette with duck fat crust from homemade crème fraîche and duck confit. This cookbook further inspires home cooks with more than 150 stunning color photographs that feature fresh produce in season, cooking techniques, and finished dishes. For more information on Wisconsin Book Festival events, visit http://wisconsinbookfestival.org/