'Cook/grow Your Own Veg Boxset' Description
"Grow Your Own Veg" and the companion cookbook "Cook Your Own Veg" are the bestselling titles from the Gardener's World presenter and garden writer, Carol Klein. Both feature lavish photography and inspirational advice, building on Carol's successful BB2 prime-time television series on how to cultivate and make the most of seasonal produce. "Grow Your Own Veg" takes you from planning your site to preparing your soil, through to harvesting and protecting your valuable crops, from potatoes, beans and onions, to fennel, sweetcorn and asparagus. With step-by-step instructions suitable for the real beginner, Carol shows anyone can grow and harvest tasty organic veg. "Cook Your Own Veg" takes you from the garden to the kitchen, showing how and when to pick plants, what parts you should store and which plants should be cooked now to maximize flavour and enjoyment. Featuring 80 delicious recipes, beautifully photographed in Carol's home, Glebe Cottage in Devon.
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Title: Cook/grow Your Own Veg Boxset |
Illustrations & Other Content Notes: 850 |
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Publication Date: 15/09/2008 |
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'Cook/grow Your Own Veg Boxset' Contents: COOK YOUR OWN Introduction Harvesting and Storing How to Pick your Veg How to Prepare your Veg Spring Summer Autumn Winter Planting, Caring, and Harvesting Charts Index GROW YOUR OWN Prelims Introduction Growing Your Own The Vegetables Artichokes, Asparagus, Augbergines, Beans broad, French, runner, Beetroot, Brassicas (broccoli, sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Capsicums, Cauliflower, Carrots, Celery and Celeriac, Chicory, Cucumbers, Fennel, Garlic, Leeks, Marrows and Courgettes, Pumpkins, Squashes, Melons, Okra, Onions and Shallots, Parsnips, Peas, Potatoes, Radishes, Rhubarb, Salad leaves, Spinach, Swiss Chard, Swedes and Turnips, Sweet corn, Tomatoes Extending Your Growing Season Storing, drying, freezing veg Pickling and preserving Index Acknowledgments
Carol Klein's book Grow Your Own Veg has sold in excess of 200,000 copies in the UK alone since publication in February this year. Carol Klein is an established author and well-known due to her successful TV career. Uniquely for a mass-market cookbook, this book is packed with information on how to best harvest veg and how to cook with it at each stage of its life cycle - whether very young or more mature. The Royal Horticultural Society was established in 1804 and is now the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening throughout the UK. The goal of the RHS is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in horticulture and inspire those with an interest in gardening.