The Herb Garden Cookbook: The Complete Gardening and Gourmet Guide, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Lucinda Hutson (Author), Melody Brayton (Illustrator), Cooke Photographics (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2003

Indulge your senses with the lively flavors, vivid colors, and tantalizing aromas of fresh herbs. This comprehensive guide gives you creative, festive recipes as well as valuable gardening information. With Lucinda Hutson's expert advice you'll discover how to: * Grow robust and flavorful herbs using organic gardening techniques. * Harvest and store herbs. * Prepare more than 150 delicious and innovative recipes. * Create intensely flavored herb butters and savory vinegars. * Garnish and flavor recipes with beautiful edible flowers. * Grow and use exotic herbs from Mexico and Southeast Asia. * Design menus for special occasions such as a fiesta for friends or a feast for two. * Find the best sources, including websites, for buying plants, seeds, and gourmet products. Savor the Tuscan-inspired Panzanella, the continental Celebratory Niçoise Salad, or the Southwestern-spirited Pollo Picado. Lucinda's suggested recipe variations will turn you into a kitchen quick-change artist. Ideas for dazzling presentations make your meals as pleasing to the eye as they are to the palate. From rosemary and thyme to Mexican mint marigold and Thai basil, this is an essential guide for cooks and gardeners alike!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Lucinda Hutson's garden is something of a legend in Austin. An invitation from Lucinda, an authority on ethnic herbs and an accomplished cook, to sample a new dish or special punch in her flamboyant setting is a guaranteed fiesta. . . . And her gusto for entertaining and cooking is exemplified in her recipes [in] The Herb Garden Cookbook. (Southern Living )

About the Author

Lucinda Hutson, of Austin, Texas, is a nationally celebrated food, garden, and lifestyle writer who also authored Tequila! Cooking with the Spirit of Mexico. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Food and Wine, Food Arts, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, The Herb Companion, Kitchen Garden, Organic Gardening, and Texas Highways. Southern Living featured her festive food on its cover in May 2001.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: University of Texas Press; 2 edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0292702221
• ISBN-13: 978-0292702226
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,074,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Herb Garden Cookbook, January 5, 2007

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BJ "Masonkitty" (Mason, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Herb Garden Cookbook: The Complete Gardening and Gourmet Guide, Second Edition (Hardcover)

Beautiful book. Lovely pictures and wonderful information. I want a garden like Lucinda..

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for herb lovers, March 29, 2009

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This review is from: The Herb Garden Cookbook: The Complete Gardening and Gourmet Guide, Second Edition (Hardcover)

I gave this to my daughter who recently started her first herb garden. She and her roommate have used the recipes and she enjoyed the growing, cultivating and harvesting advice.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE HERB GARDEN COOKBOOK, April 17, 2007

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WILLIAM JONES "DAV" (PAYSON, ARIZONA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Herb Garden Cookbook: The Complete Gardening and Gourmet Guide, Second Edition (Hardcover)

This is a very beautiful lady who has done the reseach for this great Herb book. If you have never experienced food with the addition of many of these herbs you haven't lived. If there were a book that you could find new adventuers in culinary delights, this is the one.

WM JONES
ARIZONA