I could easily keep this book with my favorite garden titles, but have decided to let Cynthia Gibson's writings have a permanent spot in my kitchen, along with Alice (Waters) and Julia (Child).
I can recommend this book highly to anyone who loves fresh and original writing, food, and ideas for the garden.
With an innovative format -- chapters divided into "gardens" (the hors d'oeurve garden, the soup garden, the dessert garden, for example), gorgeous watercolor illustrations, and accessible text -- this book appeals to garden aficionados and novices alike. To meet individual readers' needs, each chapter has three types of gardens: in-ground, windowbox, and container, so even readers with small spaced can indulge their hankering for fresh produce.
The author shows that gardening is a natural prelude to cooking, demonstrating that the vegetables, fruits and herbs readers grow can become the joyous beginning of fabulous recipes.
Fifty recipes, such as Summer Squash Soup, Baguettes with Thyme and Rosemary Butter, and Dark Harbor Blueberry Tart, tempt readers into growing their own ingredients and indulging in homegrown delicacies!