Top 10 Summer Cookbooks

Summer cooking should combine those elements we love most about the season: fresh fruits and vegetables, bright colors, arresting aromas, and the great outdoors. So NPR selected the 10 best cookbooks for jumping out of the frying pan and into the garden:

1. Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients: Organic creations to complement eight distinct seasons.

2. Raising the Salad Bar: Fresh takes on the simple salad with lively dressings to shake up your palette.
3. Mediterranean Fresh: Exotic one-dish meals inspired by European and near Eastern flavors.
4. Blue Eggs & Yellow Tomatoes: Recipes from a Modern Kitchen Garden: Bold colors and textures plucked from the urban garden.

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