Kitchen
Garden
 Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook
Sarah Raven
A talented gardener and cook, Sarah Raven makes seasonal produce the star of the dinner.You will want to make things from this book, many things,black currant and almond cake, globe artichoke tart, stuffed lamb with lavender... But even if you never cooked from it , it is worth owning for the ravishing photos (particularly the red Brussels sprouts) and the good sense and passion with which Sarah Raven writes. Factoid: she is married to Vita Sackville-West’s grandson. Colour photos. Hardcover, 464pp, $65.00.
  How to Make a Garden
Marjorie Harris
The gardening columnist for the Globe and Mail, Marjorie Harris offers the best of both worlds to the Canadian gardener: the writing skill and depth of knowledge of the British garden writers and the understanding of which plants work best in our climate zones. Using a combination of practical advice and inspiration photos, Harris guides us on the steps that lead from tangled - or empty - plot to the controlled lushness of our dreams. Even the most seasoned gardener will appreciate the indispensable plant list. Colour photos. Hardcover, 175 pp. $29.95.
 The Gardener's Companion
For anyone who has ever put on a pair of gloves, picked up a spade and gone
out into the garden in search of flowers, beauty and inspiration.
159 pp. $19.95.
 Rhubarb: More than Just Pies
Sandi Vitt and Michael Hickman
Except for asparagus, nothing else says "Spring!" so much as rhubarb.
This little book has just about every way to use rhubarb: beverages,
condiments, preserves and desserts, desserts, desserts. Softcover, 144 pp,
$14.95.
 Kitchen
Garden A to Z
Mike McGrath
Information on selecting, growing, harvesting and storing and buying
produce, common or unusual, is necessary but it is those luscious
photos that will have us rushing to the garden centre. Colour photos.
Hardcover, 158 pp, $67.50.
 The Cook's Garden
edited by Liz Primeau
This beautifully photographed book features 100+ recipes for cooking
what you grow in your home garden. Divided into seasons to showcase
optimal taste, it also contains
expert growing advice from Canadian Gardening Magazine. For a refreshing
spring treat, please try the Rhubarb & Ginger Cordial on page 34. Softcover,
215 pp. $29.95.
Art of the Kitchen Garden
Jan & Michael Gertley
Though beautiful, this is more a book for the hands-on rather than armchair gardener,
filled with practical advice for everything from design to plant selection. Colour
photos. $44.95.
 Cook and the Gardener
Amanda Hesser
Subtitled A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countr
yside, this
is the gift for the enthusiastic cook/armchair gardener. From spring's first tiny
radishes to the brussels sprouts of deepest winter, there is something to stir both
the soul and the palate $46.99.
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