Simple Organic Kitchen & Garden: A Complete Guide to Growing and Cooking Perfect Natural Produce, with Over 150 Step-by-step Recipes - Softcover

Ysanne Spevack; Christine Lavelle; Michael Lavelle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780191065 ISBN 13: 9781780191065

Publisher: Southwater, 2012

Synopsis

This is a complete guide to growing and cooking perfect natural produce, with over 150 step-by-step recipes. It deals with growing and cooking food the natural way, with chemical-free gardening and delicious organic recipes. It is packed with practical advice to help you achieve outstanding results in all aspects of designing and maintaining an organic garden. It also deals with growing organic fruits and vegetables, with advice on soil, aspect, sowing, aftercare, natural ways to deal with pests and diseases, harvesting and storage. It includes 150 seasonal recipes for every occasion ranging from mouthwatering soups, appetizers and side dishes to main courses, desserts and cakes. With 1750 beautiful photographs and illustrations as well as step-by-step instructions, this fabulous guide will help you cultivate an organic garden and make the most of organic produce in the kitchen. Changing to an organic way of life has huge benefits, and growing your own produce, then using it to cook mouthwatering recipes, is what this book is all about. The first part of this book guides you through creating and caring for your garden the organic way, including nurturing the soil, and growing different fruit, herb and vegetable crops. More than 150 recipes follow that make the most of produce in each season. Try Winter Farmhouse Soup, Red Onion and Mushroom Tartlets with Goat's Cheese, and Rhubarb and Ginger Ice Cream. This fabulous book is essential reading for anybody interested in the organic way of life.

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About the Author

Ysanne Spevack founded www.OrganicFoodee.com in 1999, an organic food blog. She has had many books published about organic and real food. Christine Lavelle is a lecturer in horticulture and ecology at Writtle College, Chelmsford, UK. Michael Lavelle worked as a professional landscaper before starting a career as a horticultural lecturer. He has designed and constructed educational exhibits at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, achieving three gold medals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southwater
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780191065
• ISBN 13: 9781780191065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512