From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Food [Paperback]

Monty Don (Author), Sarah Don (Author), Simon Wheeler (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Don has . . . an infectious enthusiasm for his subject, the recipes are sturdy and honorable, and Simon Wheeler's photography is evocatively beautiful."
--Food and Travel

". . . full of practical know-how and packed with information, tips, and ideas."
--Evening Standard

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.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585746282
• ISBN-13: 978-1585746286
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #921,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Monty Don is the main presenter of BBC-TV's Gardener's World. He is one of the UK's most respected gardeners and gardening writers. He has been gardening correspondent for the Observer since 1994 and is at the forefront of the environmental and organic gardening debate.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A holistic process of planting, growing, & harvesting, May 22, 2003

By 

Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Food (Paperback)

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!