The Food Lover's Garden - (Homegrown City Life) by Jenni Blackmore (Paperback)

About the Book

Foodie meets gardener in this deliciously accessible, easy-to-use guide to growing, cooking, and preserving twenty-some popular, easy-to-grow vegetables and herbs. The Food Lover's Garden takes the budding gardener from planting, growing, and harvesting, to preparation of delicious, nutritious, and affordable meals.

Book Synopsis

"Your 'one stop shop' for everything from seed to plate . . . This book will leave you . . . ready to launch your own journey to food self-sufficiency." --Lisa Kivirist, author Soil Sisters

Put off by the origin-unknown, not-so-fresh, pesticide-laden herbs at the grocery store? Hungry for delicious high-quality vegetables and looking to have some control over where your food comes from?

Foodie meets novice gardener in this deliciously accessible, easy-to-use guide to planting, growing, harvesting, cooking, and preserving 20+ popular, easy-to-grow vegetables and herbs. Taking the first-time gardener from growing to cooking delicious, nutritious, and affordable meals using these herbs and vegetables, this book is a celebration of food in all its stages.

The Food Lover's Garden guides you through:

• Getting started with easy step-by-step growing instructions from balcony to backyard
• Simple, tasty cooking recipes incorporating each vegetable and herb
• Meal combinations of two or more of the featured herb and vegetable dishes
• Selecting essential kitchen tools and gadgets to maximize the herb and vegetable harvesting
• Canning and pickling recipes for preserving the rest.

From the humble potato to pungent garlic to the beauty of the beet, classic vegetables take a delicious turn with innovative cooking recipes. Truly food for all seasons and palates.

Foodies, novice gardeners, urban homesteaders, and supporters of sustainable living--take back your right to high-quality food with The Food Lover's Garden.

"The crisp photographs, lushly painted illustrations, and delicious text lead the reader from the garden to the kitchen and pantry with anticipation of culinary delight."--Darrell E. Frey, author of Bioshelter Market Garden

From the Back Cover

Grow it, cook it, eat it! From the vegetable patch to the dinner table

I love the recipes! -- Michael Howell, Executive Chef, The Green Turtle Club, Abaco, Bahamas

With The Food Lover's Garden in hand...soon, you'll be eating to your heart and health's content. -- MARYJANE BUTTERS, maryjanesfarm.com

Put off by the origin-unknown, not-so-fresh, pesticide-laden offerings at the grocery store? Hungry for delicious high-quality vegetables and fragrant herbs? Looking to have some control over where your food comes from but never planted a seed in your life?

Foodie meets gardener in this deliciously accessible, easy-to-use guide to growing, cooking, and preserving twenty-some popular, easy-to-grow vegetables and herbs. Taking the budding gardener from planting, growing, and harvesting, to preparation of delicious, nutritious, and affordable meals, this book is a celebration of food in all its stages.

The Food Lover's Garden guides the reader through:

• Getting started with easy step-by-step growing instructions from balcony to backyard
• Simple, tasty recipes incorporating each vegetable and herb
• Meal combinations of two or more of the featured dishes
• Selecting essential kitchen tools to minimize effort and maximize the harvest
• Canning and pickling recipes to preserve the rest

Perfect for the foodie and budding gardener -- from the humble potato, to pungent garlic, to the beauty of the beet -- classic staples take a delicious turn with novel, innovative recipes that encourage a whimsical, creative approach. Truly food for all seasons and palates.

Foodies, new gardeners, urban homesteaders, and supporters of sustainable living -- take back your right to high-quality food with The Food Lover's Garden !

A beautiful and practical addition to every foodie's library. -- Deborah Niemann, author, Homegrown and Handmade, Ecothrifty , and Raising Goats Naturally

JENNI BLACKMORE is a writer, painter, micro-farmer, and certified Permaculture Design Consultant. Her most recent book, Permaculture for the Rest of Us , follows her journey from industrial Manchester to Quackadoodle Farm, a sustainable homestead in Nova Scotia.

About the Author

Jenni Blackmore is a farmer, artist and writer who built her house on a rocky, windswept island off the coast of Nova Scotia almost twenty-five years ago and has been stumbling along the road to self-sufficient living ever since.