In Four Seasons Green, chef Massimo Capra shares his take on seasonal vegetables, providing original, delicious recipes that both comfort and impress alongside new ways with old favorites. Capra’s recipes for more unusual vegetables will inspire readers to be adventurous in the grocery store as well as in the kitchen. Capra has long been known for his preference for honest flavors that complement each other. He offers main dishes, sides, salads and soups, among many other preparations that make vegetables the stars of the show. Enough with the boiled peas and carrots, already! Chef Capra introduces home cooks to the joys of oven-roasted beets, braised fennel, tomato salsa cruda and dozens of other fresh produce preparations.

MASSIMO CAPRA was born in Cremona, Italy. After working in some of Italy’s leading culinary destinations, he moved to Toronto, where he currently owns the wildly popular Mistura restaurant. Capra appears regularly on the Food Network’s Restaurant Makeover, which is broadcast in sixteen countries worldwide.