The Cook’s Garden

From the critically acclaimed author ofSaving the Seasoncomes an accessible, comprehensive, and inspiring guide to growing your own garden and incorporating homegrown produce into everyday cookingno matter how much or how little space you have.

For Kevin West, the surest path to a successful garden leads through the kitchen door. And preparing for a fantastic meal of homegrown vegetablesthe kind of meal that leaves you not only satisfied, but gratefulis just what he wants to help you learn to do.

InThe Cook’s Garden,West gives readers the tools and confidence they need to grow food for their own meals. From gardening basics and advice on harvesting, to delicious recipes showing how to make the best use of produce in any seasonincluding primers on freezing surplus vegetables, making pantry staples such as canned tomatoes, and effectively using stored producethis book promises to inspire anyone, even if their growing plot is as small as a window box in a city apartment. Wests erudite yet practical guide is interwoven with meditations on the beauty, poetry, and spirituality inherent in growing and preparing ones own food.

The Cook’s Gardenguides readers through jumpstarting their gardens and revolutionizing their kitchenswhile also nourishing their minds and souls.