Author: Deborah Ward

Publisher:

Published: 2023-12-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780648821656

From a lifetime of tinkering in a various gardens and kitchens this book shows a love of creating and experimentation. Part of making delicious healthy food can be growing your own produce. It describes the first principles of growing food and the tools needed to start gardening. It may seem overwhelming at first but by small achievable steps a pot can become a plot then a garden. The first chapter describes how to plant; grow from seed or seedlings; the pests and diseases encountered; water and fertiliser requirements and other issues a gardener may face in growing their own produce in Tasmania. It details what fruit and vegetables can grow there, when they should be planted and harvested and how to involve the kids. It gives tips and tricks to a successful garden project and whether the economics could be better served by a trip to the shops to buy the family produce.For novice cooks the book provides a basic education chapter on how to set up a kitchen, what gear is needed, basic spices and stocks and how varied tasty dishes can be created from a few simple ingredients. Each chapter unravels the terms and processes needed to understand a technique in the creation of a recipe and dish. The rest of the book leads the reader through the processes of cooking meals for family and friends. The author sprinkles her family's food history, activities and experiences through recipes that she has created along with remembered and loved recipes from friends, mothers, fathers and grandmothers. The book's recipes range from initial soups and spices, through breads, pasta, pies and pastry, cheeses, lazy breakfasts and morning teas, barbecues and roasts, family meals, Winter delights, cakes, biscuits, puddings and preserving, to dinner parties, weddings, after dinner treats, bushwalking food and what to do with leftovers. It is a feast for the eyes with photographs of each step on the way to finished recipes and garden produce that are manageable to many as well as treasured photographs of family life.