The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook [Paperback]

Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman are Americas foremost organic gardenersand authorities. Barbara is the author ofThe Garden Primer, and Eliot wrote the bible for organic gardening,The New Organic Grower. Today they are the face of the locavore movement, working through their extraordinary Four Season Farm in Maine. And now theyve written the book on how to grow what you eat, and cook what you grow.

TheFour Season Farm Gardeners Cookbookis two books in one. Its a complete four-season cookbook with 120 recipes from Barbara, a master cook as well as master gardener, who shows how to maximize the fruitsand vegetablesof your labors, from Stuffed Squash Blossom Fritters to Red Thai Curry with Fall Vegetables to Hazelnut Torte with Summer Berries.

And its a step-by-step garden guide that works no matter how big or small your plot, with easy-to-follow instructions and plans for different gardens. It covers size of the garden, nourishing the soil, planning ahead, and the importance of rotating cropsyes, even in your backyard. And, at the core, individual instructions on the crops, from the hardy and healthful cabbage family to fourteen essential culinary herbs.

Eating doesnt get any more local than your own backyard.

Barbara Damrosch is one of the nation's most respected garden experts and writers. She is the author ofTheme Gardensand The Garden Primerand wrote a weekly column forThe Washington Postcalled"A Cook’s Garden"for nearly 15 years.She appeared as a regular correspondent on the PBS seriesThe Victory Garden, and co-hosted the seriesGardening Naturallyfor The Learning Channel. She is the co-owner, with her husband, Eliot Coleman, of Four Season Farm, an experimental market garden in Harborside, Maine, that is a nationally recognized model of small-scale sustainable agriculture.