Grow, Cook, Nourish A kitchen garden companion in 500 recipes

Growing your own food is exciting but, when it comes to knowing how to make the most of your produce, it can be daunting. In Grow, Cook, Nourish, bestselling author Darina Allen draws on more than 30 years of experience gardening at Ballymaloe to take you through an extensive list of vegetables, herbs and fruits.

Each entry includes explanations of different varieties, practical information on cultivation, growing and maintenance, plus instructions for the best ways to cook produce as well as preserve and utilise a glut. With more than 500 recipes, including dishes for every ingredient, Darina shows how to use your harvest to its full potential. Vegetables range from annual crops such as chicory, radishes and kohlrabi to perennials like asparagus and spinach. Fruits cover apples, currants and peaches as well as the more unusual and interesting myrtle berries, loquats and medlars. Plus a comprehensive list of herbs, edible flowers and foraged foods such as samphire, wild garlic and blackberries.

Darina Allen, called "The Julia Child of Ireland" by the San Francisco Chronicle is the author of many books including Forgotten Skills of Cooking and Irish Traditional Cooking. She has won many awards including the Guild of Food Writers' Lifetime Achievement award, the IACP Cooking Teacher of the Year award, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Conservation Leadership award.