From the Veg Patch
10 veg. 10 ways.
100 simple, seasonal recipes that make vegetables the star of the show.
Out now
“Not only does Kathy Slack write beautifully, but she also takes stunning photographs with a strong sense of place, light dappling across the pages.”
— delicious. magazine who named it one of their Top Cookbooks of 2021
“This book is a seasonal treat. I feel transported into nature when I read Kathy's delightful recipes.”
— Thomasina Miers
“What a lovely first cookbook this is: a fresh and tempting celebration of the joys of growing your own, and cooking what you grow. And Kathy writes beautifully.”
— Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
“A book full of promise.”
— gill Meller
“A gentle, useful book full of inspiring, delicious recipes and guidance for kitchen gardeners. Kathy writes with a poetic, infectious wonderment at the life-enhancing magic of growing and cooking vegetables.”
— Rosie Birkett
“Come through my garden gate and join me for a year in the veg patch. I have chosen ten of my favourite, most beloved vegetables and fruits and created, for each of them, ten recipes that make that plant the star of the show.
Peas, lettuce, courgettes, beans, tomatoes, beetroot, squash, apples, kale and leeks; all simple to grow, often in pots, but also readily available to anyone without a growing space of their own.
Most recipes are vegetarian, some use meat or fish, but every single one puts a hero vegetable or fruit centre stage and builds a dish around it. I want to give each harvest its moment in the spotlight, parading it in a flurry of trumpets to the dinner table.
You will find recipes to herald the start of spring (Pea, Feta and Mint Frittata), to enjoy on a sweltering summer day (Tomato Salad with Anchovy Breadcrumbs), to warm you up as the nights start to draw in (Pumpkin Tikka Masala), and to hunker down with in the depths of winter (Leek and Chestnut Crumble).
Whether you grow your own vegetables or buy them, these recipes are a chance to celebrate the best of each season’s bounty. May they bring you as much happiness and satisfaction as they do me. I hope these dishes will heap joy on your table, fill you with ideas for eating more plants, reveal new ways of using veg you’re yet to discover and, most of all, cause you to fall head over heels in love too.”