The Chef's Garden

by Terence Conran, A. M. Clevely

A in-depth guide to growing healthy foods at home includes ideas on growing fruits and vegetables in everything from a green house to a window box, and also contains twenty recipes, utilizing fresh fruits and vegetables.

Genres: Cookbooks, Gardening

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Sir Terence Conran was educated at Bryanston School, Dorset, and trained as a textile designer at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Hand in hand with his much-publicized career as an arbiter of good taste for a whole generation goes a career in cookery and restaurant management. Having learned the basic skills in the kitchens of a two-star Parisian establishment, he opened several small restaurants in London.These were later sold to finance his fast-expanding furniture business, from which grew the hugely successful Habitat stores. No-one has had a greater influence on contemporary living style than Conran. From the outset of his career, in the brilliant era of the '60s, he devoted his talents to interpreting the home-making aspirations of the bright, busy people of his generation - and to providing them with an excellence of craftsmanship and design at a price they could afford.

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really detailed and I like the inclusion of recipes. I just kinda skimmed it, cause I'm not going to be planting anything anytime soon, but if and when I do decide to do some kind of garden, I'll have to come back to this. It seems more like something Id reference as I go along rather than something to read all at once.

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

The focus of this book is on vegetable gardening, and it is quite detailed, with instructions on building your own little greenhouse. Unfortunately, I don't have a garden, but it does also have great recipes for fresh veggies. It is also well-illustrated with color photos.

[Helmina · Rating 4 out of 5]

beautiful veggie photos, wonderful idea for a monumental roof top container garden/ dining room/ kitchen surrounded by billowing white curtains

[Sophie]

I was given this book by my lovely sister-in-law before she moved to Australia. Re-reading it for ideas for my vegetable garden.

[Erika · Rating 2 out of 5]

I should clarify this was a good book - lots of detail, just not exactly what I was looking for, so I probably should have made it 3 stars.