The Cook and the Gardener : A Year of Recipes and Writings for the French Countryside

Great recipes with personal stories interwoven. A real delight to read if you love gardening and preparing interesting meals with what you grow. Also the book I received was used but in like-new condition and a bargain at $11. Great read!

A copy of this book was loaned to me from a friend and I fell in love after only a few pages. So wonderfully written and so inspiring. This book inspired me to build a lovely potager in my back yard and I can't wait to grow all of the lovely ingredients contained with in this book. Inspires patience for the gardener and the cook. A must have in this busy world we live in.

I purchased this book as a gift for my wife, who is an avid gardener and cook. She is also an voracious reader who loves a good story. As a budding writer herself, she has described this book to me with this glowing comment, "It's such a delight to read! I can't put it down until I finish the chapter!!" I've come to trust her literary instincts over the years and must say that if she says it's great, then it is. Each of the 5 star reviews explain it far better than I ever could, but trust me when I say that it is worth your time and money to get this book.

This book is very well written and contains not just recipes, but the stories behind them. It was a joy to read!

More than a cookbook, though the recipes and directions are great. Nice insight into the life of the geographical and cultural setting in which the book is set. It can be read one season at a time, as one's own calendar changes, as a way of highlighting recipes that take advantage of the changing availability of vegetables and meat.

Amanda Hesser is a wonderful writer and such an interesting adorable person. I think I have all of her books and I treasure all of them!

I am a reader of "cook books." This is exactly the kind I love, lots of story to accompany the recipes.I look for location and character in the novels I read and this, obviously non-fiction, book has both.And, the recipes are arranged by season, which I appreciate.Very enjoyable.

Very pleased with book. Would have liked pictures.

Am about halfway through it.

An excellent source of information and interesting recipes, helping you cook in season with whatever you have produced in the garden, or otherwise!