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The Food-Lover's Garden
How to successfully marry gardening and food.
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
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June 29, 2024
Such a delight to read! Pellegrini's zest for food and gardening is contagious. One of my biggest takeaways is a whole new excitement about growing and consuming fresh herbs. Pellegrini's flowery writing style and ready wit make for the best kind of educational entertainment. Highly recommend.
December 7, 2008
An homage to eating and flowery writing. An absolute hoot to read. Combines thoughts on food, gardening, and cooking, as well as Calvinism, housing development, etc., etc.
The opening paragraph (quoted verbatim here) says it all:
"Why should one bother to cut a till of the land on which he lives and grow much of what he needs for his daily dinner? The reasons are several, but the most compelling is this: the kitchen garden is an indispensable aid in the attainment of a day-by-day good cuisine. Or put it this way: without a kitchen garden--that plot of land on which one grows herbs, vegetables, and some fruit--it is not possible to produce decent and savory food for the dinner table. This generalization admits no exceptions; it is as sound as the assertion that a stone thrown in the air must return to earth. And since a fine dinner after the day's labor contributes so much to one's well-being, I may state, further, that the kitchen garden is an indispensable aid in the achievement of the Good Life. Are you convinced? Of course! Then you must procure the necessary tools and become a gardener."
The opening paragraph (quoted verbatim here) says it all:
"Why should one bother to cut a till of the land on which he lives and grow much of what he needs for his daily dinner? The reasons are several, but the most compelling is this: the kitchen garden is an indispensable aid in the attainment of a day-by-day good cuisine. Or put it this way: without a kitchen garden--that plot of land on which one grows herbs, vegetables, and some fruit--it is not possible to produce decent and savory food for the dinner table. This generalization admits no exceptions; it is as sound as the assertion that a stone thrown in the air must return to earth. And since a fine dinner after the day's labor contributes so much to one's well-being, I may state, further, that the kitchen garden is an indispensable aid in the achievement of the Good Life. Are you convinced? Of course! Then you must procure the necessary tools and become a gardener."
March 23, 2008
More from Angelo on the satisfaction of growing and preparing your own food.
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