The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook: From the Garden to the Table in 120 Recipes

Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman are organic gardeners and authorities in the field. Damrosch authored The Garden Primer, while Coleman wrote The New Organic Grower. They operate Four Season Farm in Maine and are associated with the locavore movement. This cookbook combines two functions. It contains 120 recipes organized by season, created by Damrosch, who is both a master cook and master gardener. Recipes range from Stuffed Squash Blossom Fritters to Red Thai Curry with Fall Vegetables to Hazelnut Torte with Summer Berries, demonstrating how to use homegrown produce. The book also serves as a step-by-step gardening guide applicable to gardens of any size. It includes instructions and plans covering garden size, soil preparation, planning, and crop rotation. The guide provides individual instructions for specific crops, including the cabbage family and fourteen culinary herbs.