Product Description: Every year, renowned grower Amy Goldman produces an amazing 600 varieties of tomatoes on her estate in New York's Hudson Valley. Here, in 56 delicious recipes, 200 gorgeous photos, and Goldman's erudite, charming prose, is the cream of the crop...read more

Detailed instructions on how to plant, cultivate, harvest, and propagate a variety of pumpkin, squash, and ornamental gourd varieties are accompanied by more than 150 glorious color photographs, horticultural tips, and delicious recipes.

Drawing on her fascination with the properties and groups of fruits and vegetables, an acclaimed chef demonstrates how to build a dish--and a menu--from the vegetable on up, in a cookbook that features more than two hundred delicious recipes, all of which use vegetables, fruits, grains, and legumes to define flavor, texture, and sensibility. 35,000 first printing.