Tomatoes Garlic Basil: The Simple Pleasures of Growing and Cooking Your Garden's Most Versatile Veggies 1. wydanie

In today?s downturned economy, one sector is trending sharply up: backyard vegetable gardening. Americans are staying closer to home ? literally tending to their gardens, by the millions. And they?re reaching out for help and advice. Doug Oster, popular radio talk show gardening expert and newspaper garden & food columnist, gets more questions about tomatoes than any other vegetable. #2 is garlic, with basil close behind. It?s time for a book about these favorites of the American kitchen. With color photos throughout, this book is a balance of easy-to-use organic gardening tips, a little horticultural history, serious and funny cautionary gardening tales?and 30 simply delicious recipes (the gastronomic payoff). No matter if a garden is a loft balcony or a backyard in the ?burbs, Doug leads his readers step by step with his trademark ?how I do it? humor and Julia Child honesty?with a bonus prize of all those recipes as a reward for their labors. For beginners and old-timers alike.