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Rosalind Creasy, the grande dame of edible landscaping, has created a fun, hands-on guide that shows us how to fill our gardensand our plateswith brightly-colored, not your-everyday vegetables. In urging us to take the art of food preparation soaring to a colorful new level, Creasy reminds us that our pleasure in gardening is reflected in our pleasure at the table.
With brilliant photos, plant information, and technical how-to, Creasy explains how to plan gardens with an eye for color. She takes us on a walking tour through The Hidden Villa, where she designed a 2,000 square-foot rainbow gardenwith the help of Josephine and Frank Duveneck, among othersto the delight and amusement of thousands of school children from northern California.
A section full of savory, deliciousand colorfulrecipes gives fabulous suggestions on what to do with the great vegetables you can find in a rainbow garden. Have you ever experienced the appearance and flavor of lavender-colored vichyssoise? Or how about entertaining guests with spinach fettuccine laced with white marinara sauce? You'll have no problem getting your child to eat their true-blue pancakes, made of course with blueberriesand blue cornmeal. Enjoy!
With brilliant photos, plant information, and technical how-to, Creasy explains how to plan gardens with an eye for color. She takes us on a walking tour through The Hidden Villa, where she designed a 2,000 square-foot rainbow gardenwith the help of Josephine and Frank Duveneck, among othersto the delight and amusement of thousands of school children from northern California.
A section full of savory, deliciousand colorfulrecipes gives fabulous suggestions on what to do with the great vegetables you can find in a rainbow garden. Have you ever experienced the appearance and flavor of lavender-colored vichyssoise? Or how about entertaining guests with spinach fettuccine laced with white marinara sauce? You'll have no problem getting your child to eat their true-blue pancakes, made of course with blueberriesand blue cornmeal. Enjoy!
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Rosalind Creasy, a noted gardening authority, is the author of The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping, which won the Garden Writers of America's "Best General Book" and Cooking From the Garden. A landscape designer and expert gardener, she is also the contributor to several major gardening magazines, including Country Living Gardening. Creasy resides in Los Altos, California.
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"For gardeners and home chefs, The Edible Rainbow Garden strikes a tantalizing chord." -- Sacramento Bee
"If any one person can be credited with elevating the status of the vegetable in American gardens, it's Rosalind Creasy." -- Garden Design
"Rosalind Creasy books always brighten my day...They are full of colour and energy and enthusiasm...and some startling ideas." -- Southam Newspapers
"If any one person can be credited with elevating the status of the vegetable in American gardens, it's Rosalind Creasy." -- Garden Design
"Rosalind Creasy books always brighten my day...They are full of colour and energy and enthusiasm...and some startling ideas." -- Southam Newspapers
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