Local and/or Seasonal Cookbook recommendations?

I'm new to the boards, and starting to look for recipe ideas for the CSA starting in a month or so (Homegrown Wisconsin). It's my first time getting a CSA share, and while I'm REALLY looking forward to it, I'm not sure we will know what to do with everything! I do cook quite a bit and have been hitting the farmer's market for years, but it looks like there will be several items I've never cooked with, especially in those first few weeks.

There are some great ideas in this forum on previous threads... but I was also looking to get a 'go-to' cookbook to keep in the kitchen for local and/or seasonal cooking. Does anyone have a recommendation for the one they use?

Thanks!

Chez Panisse Vegetables and Chez Panisse Fruit are great (but do not have a local focus).

We used to belong to Angelic Organics. Occasionally there would be something in our box that I'd either never cooked with or cooked with infrequently - like sunchokes. I'd then turn to cookbooks. I'll recommend "Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland - 200 Recipes Blending Bold, New Flavors with the Traditional Foods of the Upper Midwest" by Beth Dooley and Lucia Watson. The book covers Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and North Dakota. In particular, we've enjoyed their recipe for Morels, Asparagus, and Sunchokes In Brown Butter with Toasted Hazelnuts and, for later in the season, Summer Tomato, Potato, and Eggplant Bake. Definately add the optional feta cheese to that one. Both recipes now make regular appearances in our rotation, in season.

Enjoy your share! Lynn

Maybe the best book I own-

http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Ingredie ... 288&sr=8-1

Welcome, gobadgers, and please don't take offense at my recent post in the "Ethical Food Blogging" thread ... just kidding!

To me, what you need when you're going to be getting boxes of previously uncooked-with veggies is a cookbook that has at least a few recipes for every vegetable you can think of. For me, that cookbook is Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone, though another candidate would be Mark Bittman's How To Cook Everything Vegetarian.

I highly recommend Gordon Ramsay's Chef for all Seasons. It may seem a bit intimidating at first, but the recipes are reasonably accessible.

Haven't come across a disappointing recipe so far, although I have to admit that I've cooked mostly from the "Spring" chapter.

http://www.amazon.com/Chef-All-Seasons- ... 580087426/