Nuts in the Kitchen: More Than 100 Recipes for Every Taste and Occasion

“When it comes to recipes, Ms. Loomis delivers.”
—Wall Street Journal

Go nutty with Nuts in the Kitchen! Internationally renowned food expert Susan Herrmann Loomis has put together a comprehensive collection of more than 100 nut recipes for every meal and every taste. The owner and operator of the On Rue Tatin cooking school in Normandy, France, and author of Cooking at Home on Rue Tatin, Loomis takes nutritious, delicious nuts beyond the bowl and into appetizers, salads, main courses, and desserts. Nuts in the Kitchen is an omnivore’s delight—a treat for vegetarians, vegans, and health-conscious eaters looking for balanced diets rich in flavor—offering a host of surprising, sophisticated, wonderfully inventive new uses for this delectable, protein-packed ingredient.

Renowned cookbook author Susan Herrmann Loomis has traveled extensively to collect recipes that incorporate every kind of nut—from almonds to Brazil nuts, and everything in between. In these delectable recipes, you'll see nuts as much more than a tempting snack. Loomis shows how they complement, and can be the centerpiece of, every single meal of the day.

Included in this imaginative collection are more than 100 easy-to-make recipes for small plates, salads, main courses, side dishes, and desserts. Start with breakfast and serve Waffles with Walnut Whipped Cream or Apricot and Pine Nut Compote. Share an evening with friends by serving Anise- and Fennel-Spiced Walnuts or Brazil Pesto with Pasta; next, move on to a main course of Gingered Fish on Spiced Macadamia Butter; and finish with refreshing Lemon Poppy Seed Ice Cream or Coconut Sticky Rice with Peanuts. Loomis provides an invaluable collection of The Basics—including recipes for Almond Milk, Lemony Hazelnut Butter, Poppy Seed Dressing, and Macadamia and Coconut Sprinkle—for stocking every pantry and adding a new dimension to daily meals.

Along with the wonderfully diverse recipes in this book, you'll find nutritional information, menu ideas, and different kinds of food—simple, exciting, flavorful, unusual, easy, and good for you, too.

Nuts in the Kitchen is the ultimate culinary guide for using these wonderful, healthful ingredients in inventive, sophisticated, and astonishing ways. Whether you are a vegetarian, a vegan, or a meat eater, you'll find yourself turning to this book over and over as you prepare meals large or small.

“When it comes to recipes, Ms. Loomis delivers.” - Wall Street Journal

Reading this warm and welcoming book is like sitting at the counter in Susan Loomis’s own kitchen, watching her make quiche and clafouti, curry and tagines, while fragrances swirl through the air and she tells wonderful tales of France and food. - Laura Shapiro, author of Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America

“Where many American writers merely love France, Susan Loomis knows it: its smells and people and manners.” - Adam Gopnick, author of Paris to the Moon

Susan Loomis’s Cooking at Home on Rue Tatin is like a recipe for a great meal: It’s filled with careful attention to detail, enthusiasm, variety, and surprise. She offers us a panorama of delectable tastes. . . . The book is peppered with local stories, lore, history, and invaluable tips that will turn any cook into a great cook. - Patricia Wells