Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting and Storage Tips

Galloway, Willi

ISBN 10: 1570617317 / ISBN 13: 9781570617317

Editore: Sasquatch Books, 2012

Codice articolo 1570617317-4-34716162

Riassunto:

The conscious foodie’s guide to growing and harvesting their own urban vegetable garden—featuring 50 profiles of common vegetables and herbs, plus 50 recipes for garden-to-table meals you’ll want to make again and again.

From sinking a seed into the soil to enjoying a meal made with produce harvested right outside your door, this gorgeous kitchen gardening book is filled with practical, useful information for both novices and seasoned gardeners alike. Grow Cook Eat will inspire people who already buy seasonal, local, and organic food to grow the fruits and vegetables they love to eat—even if they live in a city. Dynamic, young gardening expert Willi Galloway reveals the ins and outs of growing your own food, sharing need-to-know information such as: 

• 50 profiles on how to plant, grow, and prepare common vegetables, herbs, and small fruits 
• specific instructions on how to harvest all edible parts of a plant 
• advice on storing your harvest in a way that maximizes flavor 
• basic food preparation techniques, including tips for unusual foods like radish greens and garlic scapes 
• 50 delicious recipes that’ll make the most of your at-home harvest 

With 140 beautiful color photographs throughout, Grow Cook Eat is the ultimate guide to refining your gardening skills and cultivating gourmet quality food—from your very own backyard.

Informazioni sull?autore: Willi Galloway is an award-winning radio commentator and writer who lives and gardens in Portland, Oregon. She writes about kitchen gardening and seasonal cooking on her popular blog, DigginFood.com, and pens the weekly column, "The Gardener," on Apartment Therapy's Re-Nest blog. Each Tuesday morning, Willi offers vegetable gardening advice on Seattle's popular NPR call-in show, Greendays. She also teaches a joint gardening and cooking class with James Beard award-nominated chef Matthew Dillon at the Corson Building in Seattle and hosts an online garden-to-table cooking show, Grow. Cook. Eat., with her husband, Jon. Willi was the West Coast Editor of Organic Gardening magazine from 2003 to 2010. The author lives in Portland, OR.

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Titolo: Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide to ...
Casa editrice: Sasquatch Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Fair