The bottom line is: if you have a kitchen garden, you need this book.

For each plant - vegetable, herb or fruit, there are a few pages of basic growing information; just what you need to decide if you can grow it, how many plants, where it fits into your set-up. Then there is basic kitchen information, followed by lovely recipes. Unlike other similar books I have, there is a wide variety of recipes and imaginative ideas for using the various veggies. Even some that might make me think twice about things I have refused to grow so far - if I had any extra growing space.

Both the growing and cooking sections talk about children. If you are trying to grow vegetables with children at home or in a school garden, you will really appreciate these hints.

Because this started as an Australian book, there are things that aren't usually in similar British book. But it has been adapted for Britain, so it will work well in Austria as well. There often isn't as much information on frost hardiness as I would like. ( )

A great tome with a unique loose cloth cover. Although combining gardening with cooking, its strengths lie in the utilisation of the products of the garden - the background of the author is in food, but latterly she has also been involved in garden schemes for children. Richly illustrated, but not so as to become more picture than content. ( )