Delia's Kitchen Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Growing and Cooking Fruit and Vegetables [Hardcover]

Delia Smith (Author), Gay Search (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

For leading cookbook author Delia Smith, the key to producing delicious, healthy food is to use first-class ingredients. Where fruits and vegetables are concerned, the best way to do that is to grow your own. In month-by-month chapters, this companion follows a year in the kitchen garden, providing detailed information on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and care and harvesting. At the end of each chapter, Delia includes marvelous recipes for using your produce at its peak. For those who have space constraints, there are notes on creating a square-foot garden, a patio garden, and container gardens. An outstanding guide from two experts, this book is richly illustrated with color photos of the gardens, the produce, and step-by-step techniques.

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“It’s hard to beat this inspiring volume by the British duo of Search and Smith.” -- Publishers Weekly Review Annex

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For leading cookbook author Delia Smith, the key to producing delicious, healthy food is to use first–class ingredients. Where fruits and vegetables are concerned, the best way to do that is to grow your own. But when Delia decided to create a kitchen garden of her own, she couldn’t find a simple, straightforward guide. So, with the help of gardening expert Gay Search, Delia’s Kitchen Garden was born. In month–by–month chapters, this picture–filled companion follows a year in the kitchen garden, providing detailed information on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and care and harvesting. At the end of each chapter, Delia includes marvelous recipes for using your produce at its peak. For those who have space constraints, there are notes on creating a square–foot garden, a patio garden, and container gardens. An outstanding guide from two experts, richly illustrated with color photos of the gardens, the produce, and step–by–step techniques. Gay Search, presenter of the BBC’s flagship gardening program, “Gardeners’ World,” is the author of many books, including Gardening Without a Garden. Delia Smith is the most popular cook in the United Kingdom, and her BBC cooking programs have endeared her to viewers for nearly 30 years. With more than 16 million copies of her books in print, she is Britain’s all–time best–selling cookbook author. Among her phenomenally successful books is How to Cook.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: BBC Books (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0563521139
• ISBN-13: 978-0563521136
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 10.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,181,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE THIS BOOK!!, June 3, 2010

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This review is from: Delia's Kitchen Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Growing and Cooking Fruit and Vegetables (Paperback)

I purchased this book several years ago when I first started our urban garden. It has been extremely informative - particularly in regard to when to plant certain vegetables. In the past few years, I have purchased this book for many of my friends and family who have expressed any remote interest in gardening. I would highly recommend this book. I love the information, the photos, the recipes and cannot give enough positive feedback about this garden guide.