The Kitchen Gardener's Cookbook

From the garden to the table, this delightful book is filled with wonderful insights for the vegetable grower and the cook. The author's gardens parallel the growing seasons of her children, from the first plantings of basic vegetables when her children were still babies, through expanded experiments with more plants when her children were old enough to have a plot of vegetables of their own, to the advanced garden of herbs and exotic plants when her teenagers were experiencing more sophisticated tastes.
Sprinkled with warm and humorous stories about being a gardener/wife/mother/cook/writer, this book serves up a feast of pleasures and treats. The recipes include appetizers, soups, main dishes, salads, vegetable casseroles, vinegars, and herbal teas. Throughout, there are how-to advice and tips for growing successful vegetables.

Michelle Gillett is editor of the Women's Times.