Cooking up a good harvest

Is your garden bursting with tomatoes or overrun with pumpkins? Are your feijoa or lemon trees dripping with fruit?

Do you grow a few herbs in pots and wonder what to do with them?

Whether you grow a few vegetables in the back yard or have a large kitchen garden or orchard, ‘A Good Harvest: Recipes from the gardens of Rural Women New Zealand' shows you how to make the most of seasonal fruit and vegetables.

Practical, easy to use and dependable, these recipes from members of Rural Women New Zealand include chutneys, jams, pickles, pestos, marinades and sauces, cakes, drinks and more.

Step-by-step instructions on bottling, jam making and other preserving methods are clear and easy to follow.

The book explains how to grow many types of fruit and vegetables, to help readers achieve the bumper crop in the first place.

A Good Harvest also includes many handy tips and comments, sharing generational wisdom learned in country kitchens.

A companion volume to A Good Spread - Recipes from the kitchens of Rural Women New Zealand (2010).

A Good Harvest and A Good Spread can be purchased from the RWNZ website, visit www.ruralwomen.org.nz/shop or enquire at your local bookshop.

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