I was a bit late in harvesting the carrots from our garden this year. The nice thing about carrots is that they just sit there waiting patiently until you can get around to pulling them up. Our family went on vacation for part of October and, when we returned, I found the carrots were more than ready to be dug. After much scrubbing, peeling and slicing, and with our bellies full of raw carrots, we have plenty frozen for this winter's suppers, soups and casseroles.
A couple of cookbooks that have some nice recipes for carrots:
Tender by Nigel Slater
The Practical Produce Cookbook by Ray Hoover
I have to say the latter is one of my favorite cookbooks because it is divided alphabetically by vegetable type. For example, the carrot section comes between cabbage and cauliflower. It contains 21 recipes that utilize carrots. Very handy and, well, practical. :)
Some more carrot reading:
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Carrots Don't Talk by Kathryn Lewis
What Will I Do With All Those Root Vegetables? by Elaine Borish
Carrot Soup by John Segal
The Giant Carrot by Jan Peck
