A James Beard award winning cookbook author will present a new cookbook and some samples of her edible creations at the Andover Bookstore next Thursday.
Hearty, valued, versatile, delectable, healthful and inexpensive, there's almost nothing a bean can't do, according to bean lovers — and virtually nothing that cookbook author Crescent Dragonwagon can't do with beans.
Dragonwagon will read from her new cookbook Bean by Bean at the Andover Bookstore on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. Residents attending will also have a chance to sample some of her recipes.
"From old friends like chickpeas and pintos to rediscovered heirloom beans like rattlesnake beans and teparies, from green beans and fresh shell beans to peanuts, lentils, and peas, Bean by Bean is the definitive cookbook on beans. It's a 200-plus recipe cornucopia overflowing with information, kitchen wisdom, lore, anecdotes, and a zest for good food and good times," according to a release from the book store.
Crescent Dragonwagon is the author of the James Beard Award-winning Passionate Vegetarian, The Cornbread Gospels, Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread Cookbook, many children's books, and two novels. She has prepared beans and cornbread for a president (Bill Clinton) and titled royalty (Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia), and appeared on Good Morning America, Today, TVFN, and CNN.
For 18 years, she was the chef and co-owner of Dairy Hollow House, a country inn in Arkansas, but she has lived in Westminster West, Vermont since 2002.
