Prairie Fruit Cookbook: The Essential Guide for Picking, Preserving and Preparing Fruit

voted Manitoba’s # 1 Cookbook for 2012 on CBC’s Cross Country Cookbook Shelf 

ranked Manitoba’s #4 best non-fiction book in 2012 by McNally Robinson Booksellers

        

Prairie Fruit Cookbook:
The Essential Guide for Picking,
Preserving and Preparing Fruit

$19.95 plus tax & shipping

Make the most of prairie fruit with this complete guide to harvesting, storing, preserving, preparing and sharing prairie fruit. Filled with recipes, practical tips and timeless advice, this guide-book is all you’ll need to make good use of eleven different prairie fruits including:

• Apples and Crab Apples
• Grapes
• Pears
• Plums and Apricots
• Prairie Cherries (Chokecherries, Nanking, Evans, and Romance Series Cherries)
• Raspberries
• Rhubarb
• Saskatoons
• Strawberries

Author, Getty Stewart, has filled this easy-to-read book with more than 150 tested recipes, preserving techniques, harvesting and storing information. Getty loves fruit – growing it, picking it, preserving it and, of course, eating it!  In 2010, she founded Fruit Share – a local organization that harvests and shares surplus fruit. The movement demonstrated that there is a renewed interest in local, home grown fruit, but that few people know what to do with it. Pairing her skills as a Professional Home Economist with her long time passion for fruit, she wrote Prairie Fruit Cookbook to serve as an easy to understand guide for anyone interested in making use of and enjoying local fruit.

Where to Buy

The distribution network for the Prairie Fruit Cookbook is growing.  If you can’t access it locally, buy it online right here or through McNally Robinson Booksellers.

In Manitoba, you can buy the book at:
McNally Robinson
Sage Garden Herbs
Crampton’s Market
St. Mary’s Nursery and Garden Centre
Aagaard Farms – Brandon
Poor Michael’s Book Shop – Onanole, MB
The Nature Shop – Wasagaming, MB
Friends of Riding Mountain National Park Centre – Wasagaming, MB
Vic’s Fruit Market
The Nature Shop at Fort Whyte Alive 
Chocolatier Constance Popp
Red River General Store – Lockport, MB

In Saskatchewan, you can buy the book at:
McNally Robinson – Saskatoon store

In Alberta, you can buy the book from:
Calgary Harvest

In BC, you can buy the books from some of my biggest fans – my mom (Vernon, BC) and my mom-in-law (Qualicum Beach, BC) !

Of course, you can also buy books from me directly, just send me an email at getty (at) gettystewart.com

If you know a great place that would be interested in selling the Prairie Fruit Cookbook, please let me know.

Book Preview & Chapter Sample

Here’s a preview of what you’ll find in the Prairie Fruit Cookbook.

Response to the Prairie Fruit Cookbook

The Prairie Fruit Cookbook was ranked McNally Robinson’s Manitoba’s #4 Best non-fiction book in 2012.

The book was voted Manitoba’s top Cookbooks in the CBC Books Cross Country Cookbook Shelf Contest.

It seems that people appreciate the variety, the focus on local fruit, the easy down-home recipes, the wealth of information on prairie fruit and the way the book draws you in and gives you the confidence to try something new.

Amy Jo Ehman wrote about the book in an article in the Western Producer:

Western Producer PDF – Cookbooks

Chris from Drumheller says:

“Got your book last week, what a beautiful piece of art ! And full of good info too. I love it ! When I have my own outlet or booth at the farmers’ market, I will be proud to carry it. Might not be for a year or two, but it’s not like the info in there will get obsolete anytime soon. In the meantime, I’ll take it to our next community gardens meeting and recommend it to my friends and fellow gardeners.”

Here’s a what Norah from AAgaard Farms from Brandon Manitoba has to say:

“I’m in love, love, love with Getty Stewart’s new book ‘Prairie Fruit Cookbook’!   First, I love supporting things that are local and, second, gardening/cooking books that are specific to our tough climate are a boon.”

For Norah’s full review click here Aagaard Farms review on Prairie Fruit Cookbook.

Sharing Our Surplus

The Prairie Fruit Cookbook was inspired by the passion and enthusiasm for prairie fruit shown by the volunteers and homeowners of Fruit Share – a local organization that harvests and shares surplus fruit.  Their desire to rescue unused fruit and to learn more about it inspired this book.  In honour of that spirit of sharing, a portion of the profits made by the sale of this book will be donated to Fruit Share.

Bulk Orders

Buy more and save!

I’m delighted at the response I’ve been getting from people requesting multiple copies.  Individuals, n0n-profits, corporations and government groups have found multiple uses for the Prairie Fruit Cookbook.  Individuals, who first bought a copy for themselves, are coming back to buy presents for friends and family.  Non-profits are buying multiple copies as fundraisers (they buy at a discount rate from me, sell it to others at the retail price and use the difference on things that matter most to them).  Corporations are using the book for contests and give-aways to clients or employees.  And government offices are buying them as the quintessential “prairie” gift for visiting dignitaries.  Who knew the book would end up being so versatile and appealing to so many different groups.

If you, your group, or company would like multiple copies of the Prairie Fruit Cookbook here’s the bulk order pricing.  If you’re out of town, email me to arrange the most convenient and cost effective shipping and handling arrangements.

 Table of Contents 

Prairie Fruit Cookbook:
The Essential Guide for Picking,
Preserving and Preparing Fruit

$19.95 plus tax & shipping