Like most other gardeners who have a fruit and vegetable plot, I sometimes wonder what on earth we are going to do with the surplus produce. Whilst we use as much as we can in the kitchen as it becomes available, this year has seen an unrivalled bounty from the garden due to the warm Spring. Most years we give away surplus to family and friends and freeze what we can, but there we usually run out of ideas. This is where the new book from Jackie Sherman, Making the most of your Glorious Glut comes in.
In her colourful new book Jackie not only takes us through a variety of methods to preserve our surplus, including simple storing, freezing, drying and bottling, but also provides us with a series of new and innovative recipes which are designed to make the most of our produce when it's at the peak of its freshness and flavour. In an attractive, well laid out paperback which uses straight forward language and is very easy to follow, we are taken step by step through a variety of preserving methods and cooking recipes which seeks to maximise the benefit from the fruits of our labours.
-- Rosemary Martin
A great guide to the basics of preserving your harvests.
* Steve Ott - Editor of Kitchen Garden Magazine *
This book has everything you need to transform a glut into glorious grub.
* Emma Cooper - author of The Alternative Kitchen Garden: An A to Z *
The recipes themselves are unfussy and easy-to-follow which makes them perfect for cooks of all abilities.
* Farm in My Pocket *
...a handy guide to all of the subtitle's techniques and also covers how to store home-grown produce outdoors in the garden and indoors in a garage or shed.
* Nottinghamshire Flavours *
Too many cookbooks - too little time, but this is one I shall be dipping into for a long time.
* The Landsman - Oct/Nov *
A delightful book for any friend with an allotment or productive fruit and vegetable garden. As Jackie has answers to perennial problems of overabundance, it is the perfect book for those who are constantly faced with a glut.
* The Oxford Times *
