What is the difference between white and green zucchini? What are amaranth, sapote, and ramps? How do you know when a fruit or vegetable is fully ripe?

The answers to these and countless other questions can be found in The Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook: Seasonal Foods, Simple Recipes, and Stories from the Market and Farm from writer, cooking teacher, and television host Amelia Saltsman. Using one market as a lens, The Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook tells the story of farmers' markets everywhere and provides more than 100 recipes, so home cooks around the country can create flavorful, uncomplicated dishes using ingredients found at their local markets.