books, etc.
Books by Marilou Suszko
Farms & Foods of Ohio:
From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate
2007 Hippocrene Books, New York, NY
Marilou Suszko takes you on a journey throughout Ohio where you’ll meet unique farming personalities dedicated to growing, raising, and preparing wonderful foods to grace your family’s table. Join her in the fields, in the barns and out in the vineyards through these wonderful stories accompanied by more than 120 delicious recipes that highlight farm fresh tastes such Grilled Peaches with Berry Coulis; Poached Eggs in Red Sauce; Caramelized Onion and Sage Frittata; Herb Rubbed Flank Steak; Beer Braised Lamb Shanks; Garlic Soup with Parsley Spaetzle; Raspberry Cream Custard; Chilled Blueberry and Yogurt Soup; and Heirloom Tomato Spaghetti Sauce. Savor the flavors of Ohio grown foods while you get to know the “locals” in her book. Once you know their stories, the next Ohio-grown apple, farm fresh egg, or sliver of farmstead cheese will taste extra special.
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Reviews & kind words…
“Farms and Foods of Ohio is an inspiring portrait of a place as seen through its best food traditions, farmers, farms, and producers. Here is an appetizing appeal to the worth of eating from one’s locale and knowing the far reach of foods and flavors that are grown and produced in Ohio. Farms and Foods of Ohio is happy proof that we needn’t depend on foods from far away in order to eat exceedingly well.”
—Deborah Madison, author of Local Flavors and Cooking and Eating From America’s Farmers Markets
“With an informative and inherently interesting background on Ohio farming personalities, including their barns, fields, and vineyards, Farms & Foods Of Ohio author and culinary instructor, Marilou Suszko accompanies her compilation of delicious recipes with stories about the people and places that made them possible… certain to be popular addition to any personal or community library cookbook collection.”
—Midwest Book Review
“Local, seasonal food has a true advocate in Marilou Suszko. Her delightful book reminds us that there needn’t be great distances between family farms and the American dinner table. As her book clearly illustrates, farmers are the best partners a cook can find.”
—Parker Bosley, former owner of Parker’s New American Bistro, Cleveland
“Cleveland has embraced the concept of farm to table whole-heartedly. Restaurants like Jonathon Sawyer's Bar Cento and Jack Bruell's Parallax have led the way in encouraging diners to eat locally grown and raised foods.
Another excellent resource is Marilou K. Suszko's "Farms and Foods of Ohio," published in 2007 by Hippocrene Books. This 230-page book is part Ohio travel guide and part cookbook. It profiles 47 Ohio farms, wineries, orchards, and other food-producing enterprises from all corners of the state.”
—About.com: Cleveland
“Suszko does a nice job giving outsiders an inside look into each farmer, what drives their passion and ultimately, she succeeds in making you want to seek out these foods and flavors and bring them home.”
—Cleveland Foodie blogspot
Works in Progress
Coming in 2011!
Check back often for announcements about upcoming books and publications.
Story & Article Sampler by Marilou Suszko
- Green Up Your Diet
- Ohio Wine: Perfect Pairings in the Kitchen
- Grammer Jersey Farm
- Ohio's Cheese Producers
- Pawpaw Rah Rah!
- A Good Old Fashioned July 4th
- Oh, Give Me a Home!
- Farm Country
- Eat Your Greens
- The Power of Pie
- All Hail The Queen!
- The New Shake on Salt
- Verjus: The Juice of the Vine
- Growing Herbs Seasons The Bible
- Restaurant Route: Dining Out With Local Flavor
- Making Goats’ Milk Cheese in Downtown Cleveland
- Farm Fresh Foods
- To Market, To Market
- Fresh Perspective
- Green Soldiers of Spring
- Farm Fresh Recipes
