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Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion
If you have ever dreamed of picking fresh salad leaves for the evening meal, gathering vine-ripened tomatoes or pulling up your own sweet carrots, this is the book for you. Follow in the footsteps of one of Australia's best-loved cooks and food writers as she reveals the secrets of rewarding kitchen gardening. Be encouraged by detailed gardening notes that explain how adul...more
Hardcover, 748 pages
Published
September 28th 2009
by Penguin Australia
(first published 2009)
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Stephanie Alexander (the author) is one of the icons of Australian cooking. She is now a sort of Johnny Appleseed with her project of establishing veggie gardens in schools across Australia. The kids establish a garden and then are taught how to prepare and cook the produce. I suspect she has mined this experience for the book.
Not meant to be encyclopedic but incredibly detailed, this book is a must for those who want to eat what they grow. The book has a section on basic cooking utensils and a...more
Not meant to be encyclopedic but incredibly detailed, this book is a must for those who want to eat what they grow. The book has a section on basic cooking utensils and a...more
Fantastic book. It's a library copy, and I think I may have to buy it.
Easy to follow and easy to get started.
Perfect for the lazy/scared gardener.
Perfect for the lazy/scared gardener.
I don't think this is a book you ever finish reading. Love it!
Incredibly detailed.
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Food and wine and friendship matter more than almost anything I can think of. Together they involve skill and craft and patience, and understanding and appreciation of difference, and the desire to bring happiness to others. Brushing past scented leaves in a garden, looking over a vineyard with the vines glowing...more
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