Grow Cook Eat : A Food Lover's Guide to Vegetable Gardening; Including How to Grow 50 Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits

The conscious foodie’s guide to growing and harvesting their own urban vegetable garden—featuring 50 profiles of common vegetables and herbs, plus 50 recipes for garden-to-table meals you’ll want to make again and again.

From sinking a seed into the soil to enjoying a meal made with produce harvested right outside your door, this gorgeous kitchen gardening book is filled with practical, useful information for both novices and seasoned gardeners alike. Grow Cook Eat will inspire people who already buy seasonal, local, and organic food to grow the fruits and vegetables they love to eat—even if they live in a city. Dynamic, young gardening expert Willi Galloway reveals the ins and outs of growing your own food, sharing need-to-know information such as: 

• 50 profiles on how to plant, grow, and prepare common vegetables, herbs, and small fruits 
• specific instructions on how to harvest all edible parts of a plant 
• advice on storing your harvest in a way that maximizes flavor 
• basic food preparation techniques, including tips for unusual foods like radish greens and garlic scapes 
• 50 delicious recipes that’ll make the most of your at-home harvest 

With 140 beautiful color photographs throughout, Grow Cook Eat is the ultimate guide to refining your gardening skills and cultivating gourmet quality food—from your very own backyard.

WILLI GALLOWAY is an award-winning radio commentator and writer. Willi began her career at Organic Gardening magazine. While living in Seattle she became an active participant in the urban agriculture movement, earning her Master Gardener certification and servingon the board of directors of Tilth Alliance—a nationally recognized nonprofit that teaches people to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community by growing organic food. 

Willi has taught joint gardening and cooking classes around the Pacific Northwest, including teaching stints with James Beard Award–winning chef Matthew Dillon at the Corson Building in Seattle. She has also hosted an online garden-to-table cooking show, and served as the vegetable gardening expert on Seattle’s NPR station, KUOW. Her garden has been featured in Sunset magazine and she has written for Vegetarian Times and Apartment Therapy. Willi currently lives and gardens in Portland, Oregon.