I’m not going to go to the supermarket next weekend to fight over a few tins of tuna.
I’m going to do something I’ve been meaning to do for a very long time. I’m going to dig a vegetable garden and plant it with things that in a few months time will hopefully be more delicious than the tuna I missed out on. Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion suggests for March planting …….Asian greens, beetroot, broccoli, cabbages, cauliflower, chives, garlic, kohlrabi, leeks lettuces, peas, radishes, rocket, spinach thyme and turnips.
We might not do all of these in an inner-city back yard but we’re going to do a few!
Over the years having photographed books for some of the great Australian Chefs, I’ve never had trouble admiring their virtuosity, but I think I might have taken the growing of the produce a little for granted. So, I’m looking forward to trying a few of their recipes with vegetables pulled from the soil of my own back yard.
Is it just me, or am I feeling a slight sense of relief in our community that its ok to slow down, think, smell and watch for a while?
New Kitchen by Karen Martini Published by Pan MacMillan Photographed by Mark Chew
Love Italy by Guy Grossi Published by Lantern, Photographed by Mark Chew.
Maggie’s Harvest by Maggie Beer Published by Lantern, Photographed by Mark Chew
Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Companion Published by Lantern, Photographed by Mark Chew
and Simon Griffiths.