Growing food is different in the city - life is faster; space is tight - and our taste buds are stimulated by culinary influences from across the globe. Cities are also microclimates, a few degrees warmer than the countryside and our crops are protected from extremes of wind and frost. As a result, urban growers can bend the normal rules of gardening, stretching the growing season and experimenting with unusual crops. We have shops all around us, so we want to grow the choicest, gourmet fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers that you won't find or don't want to buy in the supermarket, but that are easy and satisfying to grow - like strawberries, chervil, pea shoots, squashes and many more. Tom offers tips for harvesting, preserving and freezing along with delicious recipes for each ingredient including Coriander Relish and Squash and Coconut Soup.
'Chillies on the window ledge and mouse melons on the patio. Tom Moggach sees food growing potential everywhere and shows you how to turn it into imaginative meals.' Lindsey Bareham, food writer 'Tom has captured his knowledge, vast experience and infectious passion for growing and cooking in this exciting new book for urban gardeners. He shows that even the smallest of outdoor spaces can be productive and hugely rewarding.' Joe Swift, garden designer and broadcaster
Title: The urban kitchen gardener
Subtitle: grow and cook your own food in the city
Contributors:
By (author)
Tom Moggach
ISBN 13: 9781856269865
ISBN 10: 1856269868
Publisher: Kyle Books
Imprint: Kyle Books
Publication Date: 5/04/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Cookery / food & drink etc
;
Gardening
NBS Classification: Gardening
Dewey Classification:
635
(DC23)
;
635
(DC22)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Height: 255mm
Width: 205mm
Thickness: 18mm
Weight: 757g