Vegetables, Herbs & Fruit

The definitive sourcebook to growing, harvesting, preserving, and cooking. This superbly illustrated reference contains a wealth of information to help gardeners choose the plants best suited to their space, climate, and needs. Three experts guide the reader in choosing which vegetables, herbs, and fruit to grow, and then in successfully producing the crop. The vegetable and herb sections are arranged alphabetically by botanical Latin name, and the fruit section is arranged by fruit type. Accompanied by full color photographs and a brief introduction discussing the plant's origins and history, each entry presents a wealth of practical tips on cultivation, including: Edibility, nutritional value, the most useful and recommended varieties Plant hardiness, propagation, and growing guidelines Cropping, harvesting, and storing Weed, pest, and disease control Ornamental and wildlife value A maintenance calendar - Pruning and training Companion planting Container growing The remainder of the book focuses on the practical aspects of gardening and has in-depth sections on creating a garden, pollination, soil fertility, greenhouse growing, and much more. The book wraps up with a glossary, further reading, seed sources, hardiness zones, and a detailed index.

Sneaky Veggies

Everyone knows kids resist eating their veggies—but with these delicious recipes, six-year-olds will clamor for carrots and cauliflower. Teenagers will demand your tasty snacks. Fat-addicted adults will insist on your life-extending dishes. The secret? Dishes that feature popular seasonings, along with presentations that hide unpopular foods. Start with snacks and desserts, then move to sandwiches and pizza, and soon your family will be eating an entire healthy meal!

Vegetables : At Their Freshest and Best

Features over 40 vegetables, and everything you could possibly need to know about them! Arranged by season of the year, this book will ensure that you always have the freshest and tastiest ingredients at the ready. Each vegetable is described in depth, featuring full color photographs, and followed by two pages of indispensable recipes. Contents include: Origins Nutritional values Growing calendar Varieties Complimentary flavors and foods Cooking methods Preparation/Preservation

Garlic Lover's Cookbook Volume II, Revised

From its humble beginnings more than a quarter century ago, the Gilroy Garlic Festival has exploded into an all-out lovefest of 125,000-plus ravenous ravshers of the fragrant bulb. On the first weekend in July, fun and feasting take over the bustling community of Gilroy, California, as garlic lovers gather to live, breathe, and, of course, taste their favorite clove in a variety of culinary incarnations. The centerpiece of all this aromatic activity is the Great Garlic Cook-Off, a unique venue for amateur cooks and professional chefs from around the country to compete head-to-head. Now back in print, the second volume of the festival's recipes brims with prizewinners, crowd-pleasers, and palate-teasers, proving the endless possibilities of glorious garlic.

Grow Your Own Organic Fruit & Vegetables

Creating and maintaining a practical working garden that is completely safe and natural is becoming an increasingly common ambition as we develop a greater understanding of the benefits of adopting an organic way of life. Growing and eating food that is free from chemicals or artifical additives is of particular importance to the responsible modern gardener who cares passionately about the quality and flavour of home-grown produce, as well as personal health and well-being. This helpful, directory-style guide is perfect for anyone seeking to improve the quality of what they grow and eat, whether on the scale of a large selection of fruit trees and bushes or even if it just a few herbs, radishes, strawberries or tomatoes in a pot. There are separate directories of vegetables, fruits and herbs, each providing at-a-glance information on recommended varieties, their cultivation requirements, sowing, planting, harvesting and storage needs. There is also useful information on dealing organically with troublesome pests and diseases. Helpful illustrated panels provide descriptions of size and taste to help the reader make an informed choice on what to grow. With its wealth of inspirational and practical photographs and a superbly well-informed text by award-winning authors, this book is both the perfect guide for first-time growers looking to design a new working garden, or the perfect instruction manual for an experienced gardener wishing to transform an existing produce garden into a lifelong organic project.

Handy Pocket Guide To Asian Vegetables

Featuring: 50 vegetables found in Asian markets Names and preparation tips for each vegetable Sample recipes

Vegetables on the Side

Excellent, complete guide with more than 400 recipes for 100 kinds of vegetables, greens and beans. Also, tips on how to buy the best.

Asian Vegetables: From Long B

For anyone who has ever been dazzled but daunted at the Asian market, here is an indispensable, easy-to-use guide to identifying, choosing, and preparing these wonderfully unusual vegetables. From Amaranth and Bok Choy to Lotus Root and Lemongrass, food editor and writer Sara Deseran describes clearly the exotic array of Asian produce now widely available, explaining everything you need to know to shop confidently. This lavishly photographed resource is rounded out with 50 contemporary recipes.

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Celebrate the savory, homegrown tastes of North America's new cosmopolitan cuisine, from ancient black Aztec corn to Osaka purple mustard greens. Both gardeners and gourmet cooks will relish this luscious volume, written by leading gardeners, growers, and chefs. Here are the most flavorsome and sought-after root vegetables, salad greens, peas, beans, tomatoes, cucurbits, and more, with expert advice on cultivation and cooking. Cold frames, hotbeds, and other innovative techniques and tools make it possible to grow produce year-round, especially with tips on trellising, cover crops, and French intensive gardening. Scrumptious recipes include Okra with Green Mango and Lentils, Tuscan Style Shiitake Mushrooms, and Baked Beet Salad with Fall Green and Feta Cheese.

The Roasted Vegetable

In The Roasted Vegetable Andrea Chesman has created 150 meat-free dishes to show off the delicious flavors revealed by roasting. Whether in a Winter Vegetable Pasta with Goat Cheese or an Indian Summer Pepper Relish, in these recipes vegetables take a befitting starring role. Roasting vegetables concentrates their sugars and brings out complex, caramelized flavors that render them irresistible. Chesman gives detailed instructions on how to roast to perfection every vegetable, and then assembles a mouthwatering collection of recipes, from simple sides like Cider-Glazed Acorn Squash to main dishes like Lemon Risotto with Roasted Summer Vegetables. There are also sensational sandwiches, soups and starters, entrées ranging from homey to elegant, and much more. Andrea Chesman is an acclaimed expert in regional New England cooking, as well as an authority on healthy, vegetarian cuisine. Chesman has written extensively on food for magazines and newspapers nationwide. The Roasted Vegetable is her thirteenth cookbook. She lives and works in Ripton, Vermont, near Middlebury

Side Dishes

SALE! If you think side dish means peas & carrots or plain mashed potatoes, think again. Here are more than 100 simple recipes that are imaginative, realistic & mouthwatering.