Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables

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Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book in Vegetable-Focused Cooking

Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Bon Apptit, Food Network Magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, USA Today, Seattle Times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Library Journal, Eater, and more

If youre finding pantry cooking to mean too many uninspired pots of beans, might I suggest Six Seasons [It] both highlights a perfectly ripe plant . . . and shows you how to transform slightly less peak-season produce (yes, the cabbage lurking in the back of your fridge right now counts) with heat, spice, acid, and fat.
Epicurious

Never before have I seen so many fascinating, delicious, easy recipes in one book. . . . [Six Seasons is] about as close to a perfect cookbook as I have seen . . . a book beginner and seasoned cooks alike will reach for repeatedly.
Lucky Peach

Joshua McFadden, chef and owner of renowned trattoria Ava Genes in Portland, Oregon, is a vegetable whisperer. After years racking up culinary cred at New York City restaurants like Lupa, Momofuku, and Blue Hill, he managed the trailblazing Four Season Farm in coastal Maine, where he developed an appreciation for every part of the plant and learned to coax the best from vegetables at each stage of their lives.

In Six Seasons, his first book, McFadden channels both farmer and chef, highlighting the evolving attributes of vegetables throughout their growing seasonsan arc from spring to early summer to midsummer to the bursting harvest of late summer, then ebbing into autumn and, finally, the earthy, mellow sweetness of winter. Each chapter begins with recipes featuring raw vegetables at the start of their season. As weeks progress, McFadden turns up the heatgrilling and steaming, then moving on to sauts, pan roasts, braises, and stews. His ingenuity is on display in 225 revelatory recipes that celebrate flavor at its peak.

Reviews

A great book. Period. . . . Never before have I seen so many fascinating, delicious, easy recipes in one book. . . . In fact, its about as close to a perfect cookbook as I have seen. What McFadden and Holmberg have achieved is no small feat: This is a book that will educate nearly everyone who picks it up, a book beginner and seasoned cooks alike will reach for repeatedly. Its the rare book that achieves what it sets out to do, and manages to do so in a manner that is both appetizing and engaging. It is accessible without sacrificing its artistry.
Lucky Peach

The books appealingly simple recipes are focused on delivering big flavor.
The Wall Street Journal, The Best Books to Give to the Food Lover in Your Life

Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables is poised to join the veggie canon. . . . The flavors are big. . . . Theyre also layered and complex, despite their apparent simplicity. What will really change your cooking is [McFaddens] approach to seasoning. . . . Trust me: Read this book and youll never look at cabbage the same way again.
Bon Apptit

Achieves the near-impossible: Recipe after recipe of restaurant-quality food that isnt difficult to put together.
Eater

Stellar mix-and-match recipes that highlight produce at its gorgeous peak.
Food Wine

The Six Seasons cookbook. Have you bought it yet I know this is awfully bossy of me, but I think you should. I think that if you, like me, delight in inventive but not overly complicated vegetable preparations (225 of them, even), things you hadnt thought of but that youll immediately tuck into your repertoire, youre going to love this book as much as I do. I confess Ive had it for almost a year. In that year, Ive been almost overwhelmed with how much Ive wanted to cook from it.
SmittenKitchen.com

Exciting flavor combinations mean this is no mere guide to vegetables but a primer on how to make them taste their exciting best.
Fine Cooking

Downright thrilling. . . . Divided into six seasons rather than the traditional foura more accurate reflection of whats happening in the fieldsthe book encourages readers to embrace what he calls the joyful ride of eating with the seasons. . . . On page after page, McFadden presents a deliciously enlightening way of cooking with vegetables.
Sunset

Enduringly rewarding. I am utterly consumed with Six Seasons and feel I could cook from it every day without tiring.
Nigella Lawson

This cookbook might put meat out of business. Its that good. . . . A rare source of new ideas about vegetables. McFaddens forward-looking sensibility infuses every recipe.
Portland Monthly

Brilliant.
Food52

[This is] a cookbook Ive gotten a little obsessed with. . . . The book offers inspiring treatments for vegetables that are often relegated to a boring crudit trayif youre looking for a new way to treat celery or cabbage, you need a copy.
Serious Eats

Six Seasons is a beautiful book. But its more than a pretty face: Its a practical primer that begs to come into the kitchenand wont disappoint once you get it there.
Santa Fe New Mexican

An exuberant, engaging approach to vegetables. . . . Six Seasons is a joy. . . . [It] manages to feel comprehensive without sacrificing delight and humor.
Portland Press Herald

The most exciting approach to home cooking Ive seen all year. . . . Six Seasons is one of the most satisfying cookbooks Ive purchased in years, and McFaddens insights into seasoning are invaluable, even for an experienced home cook.
Willamette Week

A must-have cookbook that stands out from the crowd of vegetable-centric cookbooks. . . . This cookbook deserves to become a well-thumbed, vital addition to any kitchen.
Publishers Weekly, starred review

Essential techniques that can help cooks become better at preparing seasonal and local vegetables. . . . Attractive vegetable recipes range from brightly colored raw and cooked salads to indulgent appetizers, pastas, and baked goods. Under McFaddens tutelage, cooks will learn how to bring out the best in every humble vegetable.
Library Journal, starred review

McFaddens debut cookbook is an invaluable resource for all things veggie.
Booklist, starred review

Visionary. . . . Beautifully produced.
BookPage

Glorious.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

This is not a cookbook for coffee tables or artfully curated bookshelves! Its recipes demand to be tasted until the pages are dog-eared and sauce-splattered and stick together. Compulsory for the home cook.
Dan Barber, chef/co-owner of Blue Hill

Joshua McFadden has the soul of a farmer, and his recipes are beautifully in tune with the seasons and the land.
Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse

Joshua [understands] vegetables from the perspective of both a farmer and chef. His mouthwatering and terrific solutions . . . get the most out of vegetables from their beginning to their last act on our plates.
David Chang, chef/owner of Momofuku

We always knew Joshua was a vegetable magician, but this is so much more. We learned something new on every page. Six Seasons is a brilliant cookbook.
Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman, cofounders of Four Season Farm
A great book. Period. . . . Never before have I seen so many fascinating, delicious, easy recipes in one book. . . . In fact, its about as close to a perfect cookbook as I have seen. What McFadden and Holmberg have achieved is no small feat: This is a book that will educate nearly everyone who picks it up, a book beginner and seasoned cooks alike will reach for repeatedly. Its the rare book that achieves what it sets out to do, and manages to do so in a manner that is both appetizing and engaging. It is accessible without sacrificing its artistry.
Lucky Peach

The books appealingly simple recipes are focused on delivering big flavor.
The Wall Street Journal, The Best Books to Give to the Food Lover in Your Life

Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables is poised to join the veggie canon. . . . The flavors are big. . . . Theyre also layered and complex, despite their apparent simplicity. What will really change your cooking is [McFaddens] approach to seasoning. . . . Trust me: Read this book and youll never look at cabbage the same way again.
Bon Apptit

Achieves the near-impossible: Recipe after recipe of restaurant-quality food that isnt difficult to put together.
Eater

Stellar mix-and-match recipes that highlight produce at its gorgeous peak.
Food Wine

The Six Seasons cookbook. Have you bought it yet I know this is awfully bossy of me, but I think you should. I think that if you, like me, delight in inventive but not overly complicated vegetable preparations (225 of them, even), things you hadnt thought of but that youll immediately tuck into your repertoire, youre going to love this book as much as I do. I confess Ive had it for almost a year. In that year, Ive been almost overwhelmed with how much Ive wanted to cook from it.
SmittenKitchen.com

Exciting flavor combinations mean this is no mere guide to vegetables but a primer on how to make them taste their exciting best.
Fine Cooking

Downright thrilling. . . . Divided into six seasons rather than the traditional foura more accurate reflection of whats happening in the fieldsthe book encourages readers to embrace what he calls the joyful ride of eating with the seasons. . . . On page after page, McFadden presents a deliciously enlightening way of cooking with vegetables.
Sunset

Enduringly rewarding. I am utterly consumed with Six Seasons and feel I could cook from it every day without tiring.
Nigella Lawson

This cookbook might put meat out of business. Its that good. . . . A rare source of new ideas about vegetables. McFaddens forward-looking sensibility infuses every recipe.
Portland Monthly

Brilliant.
Food52

[This is] a cookbook Ive gotten a little obsessed with. . . . The book offers inspiring treatments for vegetables that are often relegated to a boring crudit trayif youre looking for a new way to treat celery or cabbage, you need a copy.
Serious Eats

Six Seasons is a beautiful book. But its more than a pretty face: Its a practical primer that begs to come into the kitchenand wont disappoint once you get it there.
Santa Fe New Mexican

An exuberant, engaging approach to vegetables. . . . Six Seasons is a joy. . . . [It] manages to feel comprehensive without sacrificing delight and humor.
Portland Press Herald

The most exciting approach to home cooking Ive seen all year. . . . Six Seasons is one of the most satisfying cookbooks Ive purchased in years, and McFaddens insights into seasoning are invaluable, even for an experienced home cook.
Willamette Week

A must-have cookbook that stands out from the crowd of vegetable-centric cookbooks. . . . This cookbook deserves to become a well-thumbed, vital addition to any kitchen.
Publishers Week

Author Bio

Joshua McFadden is executive chef/owner of Portland, Oregons Ava Genes, which Bon Apptit has named a Top 10 Best New Restaurant. Before moving to Portland, McFadden helped define the burgeoning Brooklyn food scene when he was chef de cuisine at Frannys; his other restaurant experience includes Momofuku, Blue Hill, and Lupa in New York and the groundbreaking raw food restaurant Roxannes in Larkspur, California. McFadden also spent time in Rome, cooking at Alice Waterss project in sustainable dining at the American Academy. He kindled his love of soil, seeds, and seasons during two years as farm manager at Maines Four Season Farm, founded by sustainability pioneers Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch. McFaddens latest restaurant, Tusk, opened in Portland, Oregon in 2016.