The Cook's Garden

“Kevin generously shares a lifetime of growing knowledge and instructions to shepherd the vitality of a victory garden to the table. This is a recipe book for anyone whose cooking begins in the soil.”—Clare de Boer, James Beard Award–nominated chef, Stissing House and writer of The Best Bit Substack“I can’t imagine a more exhaustive, or more poetic, garden primer. The book makes starting your own garden not just comprehensible but almost inevitable.”—Tamar Adler, author of An Everlasting Meal and The Everlasting Meal Cookbook“With The Cook’s Garden, Kevin West proves himself a true polymath, at once professor, wordsmith, wise country guide, and wonder-struck naturalist; as deft with his pen as he is with skillet and hoe. Thorough, witty, rigorous, and brimming with sensuality, The Cook’s Garden is the whole package.”—Sara Franklin, author of The Editor“The Cook’s Garden is an inspirational self portrait of a passionate cook and his garden plot. In a voice that is at once wise and personal, Kevin West shares his considerable gardening and cooking experience and the symbiotic seasonal joys to be had in both. Packed with welcome and useful information, simultaneously scholarly and down home, this book is an indispensable guide for gardeners and cooks alike.”—David Tanis, author of David Tanis Market Cooking

Kevin West comes from East Tennessee farmers and Smoky Mountain settlers, country people with generations of commitment to growing delicious food. He is the author of Saving the Season- A Cook’s Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving and also coauthored The Grand Central Market Cookbook and contributed to Edna Lewis- At the Table with an American Original. He lives in the Berkshires, in rural western Massachusetts.