The Cook's Herb Garden
London ; New York, N.Y. : DK, 2010.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 192 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
The practical, plot-to-plate guide to growing and cooking with herbs successfully.
From Basil to Vervain, this photographic catalogue of more than 150 culinary herbs will teach you everything you need to know on nurturing, harvesting and cooking with herbs.
Delve into this little book to find notes on herb flavours, the best growing conditions, storage and how to use them in the kitchen. There are inspirational planting schemes for window boxes and pots including Mediterranean, Everyday Essentials and Salad Herbs.
Packed with more than 50 delicious recipes for rubs and marinades, sauces and salsas, flavoured butters, cordials, syrups, teas and tisanes, plus charts on best herb-with-food flavour combinations.
Contents:
Choose. Planted pots and baskets ; The herb catalog -- Grow. Climate ; Planning ; Soil ; Growing from seed ; Growing young plants ; Propagating ; Feeding and watering ; Weed control ; Improving your harvest ; Pests ; Diseases -- Harvest and store. Reaping the harvest ; Short-term storage ; Freezing ; Drying -- Cook. Preparation ; Flavorings ; The recipes ; Herbal teas ; Partner charts.
ISBN:
9781405349932 (hbk.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GARDEN Food Herb Cox | Main (Downtown) | Display - Second Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/1/2024) |