Chinese Kitchen Garden

Chinese Kitchen Garden
ISBN: 9781604696776
Publication Date: 1 April 2017

A beautiful introduction to growing and cooking a classic cuisine! Wendy Kiang-Spray's family has a strong culinary and gardening tradition. In 'The Chinese Kitchen Garden', she beautifully blends the story of her family's cultural heritage with growing information for 38 Chinese vegetables-like lotus root, garlic, chives, and eggplant-and 25 traditional recipes, like congee, dumplings, and bok choy stir-fry. Organised by season, you'll learn what to grow in spring and what to cook in winter. Throughout, you'll learn how to improve soil, make compost, sow seeds, and more. 'The Chinese Kitchen Garden' shares growing information for 38 Chinese vegetables along with 25 traditional recipes. Throughout, you'll learn how to improve soil, make compost, sow seeds, and more. AUTHOR: Wendy Kiang-Spray's articles about gardening and food have appeared in national, local, and web publications. Besides being a passionate gardener, she is a high school counsellor, garden speaker, and volunteer with the D.C. Master Gardeners. Wendy blogs at greenishthumb.net. 127 colour photos