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Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover's Guide To Vegetable Gardening, Including 50 Recipes, Plus Harvesting And Storage Tips (2012)

by Willi Galloway(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1570617317 (ISBN13: 9781570617317)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Sasquatch Books

review 1: The photos in this book are just beautiful, and there is a lot of handy information too. It goes over some basics of gardening and composting and then breaks it down by plant families to focus on the best ways to grow and plant the various herbs, fruits, and veggies. Each plant highlighted also gets explanation of storage, recommended varieties, and a featured recipe. Another nice feature is that Galloway shares the different parts of the plant you can eat beyond what you see in the grocery store. It is nice to have ideas on how not to waste, even when thinning veggies, since many of them can be eaten in baby forms. A very nice read.
review 2: This is a pretty book (pictures are more eye candy than helpful), but I don't find really pretty books do well on ... morethe kitchen counter or while I'm running in with dirty hands to double check how far apart I meant to plant my tomatoes. I love both gardening and cooking (and eating too), so I like this book in theory. I'm not sure, however, that the organization is really useful. There may be a good reason I have garden books and cookbooks. Also, the size of this book makes it one I'm less likely to reach for when working either in the garden or the kitchen.Still, I find it appealing. As far as usefulness, I'm thinking about a soil thermometer, contemplating new ways of expanding my garden (even though I can barely keep up with what I have), and a few recipes that sound pretty yummy. This one may someday find its way to my shelves, but I'm not quite convinced yet. About a week later:I went to copy a couple of recipes before bringing the book back to the library, and I found I had flagged more than I thought. . . . and then there was the handy secession crop chart and the idea about prepping a new spot . . . yeah, I think I like this book, but wish the format were different. I think I'd like it better as a thicker book with smaller trim size. less

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