Garden Recipes and Cookbooks
It's the time of year when home gardens and the farmers markets are overflowing with fresh fruits and vegetables. This roundup of garden cookbooks will help you make the most of homegrown and local produce throughout the growing season.
Cooking from the Garden, edited by Kitchen Gardener
Farmers markets, community gardens and the availability of organic vegetable plants have more gardeners than ever digging up recipes for delicious, down-to-earth dishes. More than 200 seasonal recipes, ranging from starters and sauces to main dishes and desserts, will delight growers and home cooks everywhere.
Tomatomania walks readers through every step of the tomato gardening process, from earliest planning stages to those final satisfying kitchen table moments of the season. Tomatomania features recipes and kitchen tips to get the most out of your tomato harvest.
Growing a Feast: The Chronicle of a Farm-to-Table Meal, by Kurt Timmermeister
A restaurateur details the hard work involved with starting a dairy farm and describes a feast that was two years in the making, using only vegetables and animals he raised to supply the meal.
This cookbook is a delectable yearlong trip through the Beekman vegetable bounty and is packed with simple, delicious and seasonal vegetable-forward recipes. Featured recipes include tomato jam and refrigerator dilly beans, salt-roasted new potatoes and corn cake stacks with arugula and cheddar, marinated hangar steak and lima bean salad and grilled beets with ricotta, watercress and almonds and much more. 
Skip the sugary commercial drinks and make fresh, delicious beverages in your own kitchen from your own garden, or from farmers market finds. These recipes and techniques will introduce you to a whole new world of garden goodness. 
This cookbook from the author of the popular website Nourished Kitchen features 175 recipes including bone broths, fermented vegetables, grass-fed meats, wholesome fats, raw dairy and kombuchas. 
The Kitchen Garden Cookbook is filled with simple and inspiring recipes as well as practical, useful information for anyone interested in growing the foods they love to eat. For home cooks and vegetable gardeners alike, this book is the go-to guide for anyone look to connect the virtues of homegrown and homemade to the everyday table. 
This complete four-season cookbook is about growing what you eat and eating what you grow. Along with 120 recipes that maximize the fruits and vegetables of your labors, this book also features a step-by-step garden guide that works no matter how big or small your plot, with easy-to-follow instructions and plans for different gardeners. 
A collection of more than 100 projects such as chamomile bubble bath, spice rubs, chile jams, herbal teas and scented room spray -- all using plants and produce that can easily be grown in the garden. The book features gifts that are edible, for the home and for personal well-being.
Michael van Straten offers useful tips and techniques on growing your own organic crops as well as delicious recipes to use with your produce. Each chapter concludes with a collection of recipes, all devised to capture the goodness of the ingredients. This is a book for anyone who wants to eat better and boost their immunity to disease and infection.
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