Product Description

Nowadays, food is "manufactured," imported, and marketed for convenience and year-round availability. For anyone who knows the difference between a supermarket tomato in January and one fresh from the garden in July, FROM THE GARDEN TO THE TABLE is a welcome account of a family's quest to grow and eat their own fruit, vegetables, and herbs.
FROM THE GARDEN TO THE TABLE celebrates the vital link between growing, cooking, and eating food. For Monty and Sarah Don, the process of preparing a meal begins with thinking about what seeds to buy. Food is grown and cooked in one continuous process and with one common goal-enjoyment.
This highly original book contains clear and detailed instructions on how to cultivate and cook a wide range of herbs, vegetables, and fruits. Accompanied by full-color photographs that chronicle a year in their kitchen and garden, it aims to inspire food lovers to integrate their gardens and kitchens wherever they live and whatever their taste in food, as well as promoting a timely and appealing style of living.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #456021 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
"It's all written in Monty Don's sensuous prose, which has made him one of today's favorite garden writers."
--Homes and Gardens

"Handsomely photographed and highly informative book."--National Examiner

"The book, by Monty and Sarah Don, is a month-by-month guide to growing and preparing fresh food, complete with an introduction to gardening and many fine photographs."-- Body & Soul magazine

"This is much more than a cookbook. The full-color photographs are magazine quality and offer a vivid peek into the food ways of Marty and Sarah Don."-- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


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Review

From the Back Cover
In today's world, most of our food is processed, imported, and marketed for convenience and year-round availability. For anyone who knows the difference between a supermarket tomato in January and a just-picked one in July, From the Garden to the Table is a welcome account of one family's quest to grow and eat their own fruit, vegetables, and herbs.
More than just another gardening book, or a variation of a cookbook, From the Garden to the Table celebrates the vital link between growing, cooking, and eating food. For Monty and Sarah Don, the process of preparing a meal begins with thinking about what seeds to buy. The authors grow and cook their own food in one continuous process and with one common aim - enjoyment.
This highly original book contains clear and detailed instructions on how to cultivate and cook a wide range of vegetables, herbs, and fruits. Firmly rooted in the authors' real-life experience and accompanied by full-color photographs that chronicle a year in their kitchen and garden, this book will inspire gardeners and food lovers to integrate their gardens and kitchens wherever they live and whatever their taste in food.

Customer Reviews

A holistic process of planting, growing, & harvesting
From The Garden To The Table: Growing, Cooking, And Eating Your Own Food is the welcome story of how one the family of gardening experts Monty and Sarah Don grow and cook their own food in a holistic process of planting, growing, harvesting, preparing, and cooking produce from their garden. Beautifully enhanced with color photography by Simon Wheeler, From The Garden To The Table combines detailed instructions on cultivating and cooking a wide variety of vegetables, herbs, and fruits. If you appreciate fresh produce raised by your own labor, have access to a little plot of land that you can convert to a garden, then From The Garden To The Table is the book for you!