Book recommendation

I treated myself to Antonio Carluccio's Vegetables (the book, you understand, not his carrots) last week. It's contains a cornucopia of lovely recipes for the kind of veg you're likely to grow on an allotment but not find in a supermarket - well, a British one anyway - including chard, cardoons and chicory.

Anyway, I can't hang around here, I've got to get down the plot and see just how many weeds have sprung up in the wet weather - and to assess whether my squash, which have had a rather sluggish start this year, have finally started to produce fruit.

More later.

Comments

[Clare]

Thanks for another book recommendation - I'm always on the lookout for more shelf candy.

Love the funky new look too. Very nice. Clean.

[roger]

Or better, help Antonio and buy it online from Carluccios (without paying Amazon the fees!)

[Jane Perrone]

good point, roger - the link's here to order straight from the site:
http://www.carluccios.com/CarlucciosSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=60137&cookie%5Ftest=1

[Tim Brayshaw]

I bought this book last year in the midst of a minor "oh my god what am I going to do with all this chard" panic. Good simple recipes backed-up by charming memories and of anecdotes from the author's childhood in Italy. There's some real corkers in there. I'd also recommend the "Paradiso Seasons" book by Denis Cotter, the recipes are a bit less 'earthy' than those from Mr. Carluccio's Vegetables, but there's some inspirational seasonal recipies if you're faced with a glut!