The Tale of Two Cookbooks: One Embraces Vegetables, the Other Hides Them

Like them or not, eating your vegetables has never been easier.

Two new cookbooks—“Centerpiece” by Helen Graham and Heidi Herman’s “The Hidden Vegetables Cookbook”—perfectly capture our relationships with vegetables. One touts recipes for “veggie-averse adults,” the other advocates “bold, vibrant recipes to put vegetables in the spotlight.” Both urge cooks to work vegetables into meals, they just go about it very differently. Aster/TNS

By Nicole Hvidsten The Minnesota Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS—As a kid in small-town Minnesota, I didn’t appreciate the bounty of my dad’s sprawling garden. I turned my nose up at parsnips, rutabagas and eggplant, and tolerated green peppers and green beans. I did welcome squash, tomatoes, carrots, and zucchini though, so all was not lost on me.