The National Trust Kitchen Garden Cookbook series are handy pocket-sized books which tell you everything you need to know about the productive area of your garden, even if that area is only a couple of pots. Beautiful, yet robust they are equally happy in the garden or on the kitchen table.
Tomatoes
The fruit we treat as a vegetable, the edible plant that was, for years, grown only as an ornamental, a close relative of deadly nightshade, yet delicious to eat; tomatoes are full of inconsistencies. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, they are one of the most popular plants to grow in a kitchen garden, a greenhouse, or even on a window sill. They are one of the foods that really taste different home grown. This little volume includes their amazing history, everything you need to know for a great crop and over twenty fabulous recipes.
National Trust Books Hardback 2011
Potatoes
For too long potatoes were the unsung heroes of both the vegetable garden and the kitchen. Everyone grew them because they were easy and everyone ate them because they acted as ballast for so many dishes. People didn’t really consider which variety they were eating and only Jersey Royals ever received any praise. This little book tells the fascinating history of the spud, explains how to grow a wealth of interesting varieties in even the smallest of spaces and then gives over twenty delicious recipes.
National Trust Books Hardback 2011