The children's kitchen garden : a book of gardening, cooking, and learning

Format:

Book

Title:

The children's kitchen garden : a book of gardening, cooking, and learning

Author:

Brennan, Georgeanne, 1943- author.

ISBN:

9780898158731

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xiii, 146 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction -- Chapter 1. The French-American approach -- Chapter 2. In the children's garden -- Chapter 3. Digging in -- Chapter 4. Herbs : A feast for the senses -- Chapter 5. Seasonal gardens with recipes -- Chapter 6. Kitchen notes and more recipes -- Resources -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Shows how children can learn to garden and cook.

"Inspired by the French tradition of teaching children to appreciate fresh and healthful foods, 'The Children's Kitchen Garden' offers a new approach to gardening, cooking, and learning that brings children and adults together. In addition to charming full-color illustrations, photographs, and delightful quotes, you'll find : basic gardening information you'll need to get started : choosing a site, preparing the soil, watering, and making compost from kitchen scraps ; dozens of delicious recipes children can help prepare ; 18 types of vegetables and 13 herbs, with planting and cooking tips ; fascinating and fun projects for children and adults to explore together. Learn how plants drink, watch sprouts grow, and taste all kinds of foods from citrus to chocolate. Much more than just a gardening and cooking primer, 'The Children's Kitchen Garden' is a celebration of the simple joys of growing, cooking, and sharing fresh food with children.'--taken from back cover.

Corporate Subject:

East Bay French-American School (Berkeley, Calif.)

Subject(s):

East Bay French-American School (Berkeley, Calif.)

Gardens -- Educational aspects.

Children's gardens.

Vegetable gardening.

Kitchen gardens.

Gardening -- Experiments.

Botany -- Experiments.

Botany -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.

Added Author:

Added Corporate Author:

East Bay French-American School (Berkeley, Calif.)

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Summary

An inspiring, practical book filled with full-color illustrations, recipes, and projects for parents, teachers, and kids who want to grow and eat their own tasty food.

Author Notes

Georgeanne Brennan grew up in Southern California and attended the San Diego State University, the University of Aix-Marseille in Provence, and the University of California at San Diego.

After returning to California to start a teaching position, Brennan and a friend started a vegetable seed company that they promoted with a recipe-filled catalog. The pair struck success and began writing weekly columns for the San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Chronicle. Brennan published Apertif: Recipes for Simple Pleasure in the French Style, which won the Julia Child Cookbook Award in the Food & Spirits Category and The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence, which won the James Beard Award in the International Category.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

The difficulty of getting children raised in an urban environment to understand and appreciate where their food comes from presents a real challenge to teachers. The East Bay French-American School in Berkeley, California, has instituted a project to combine gardening and cooking into a learning experience for children ages 5 to 12. Students participate in planting, cultivating, harvesting, and cooking the produce of their school plots. Children are less likely to respond "Yuck!" when confronted with vegetables they have raised from seed themselves. The Brennans recount the school's success with this gardening program and catalog the most suitable plants for a children's school garden plot. A few simple recipes offer encouragement to parents with children who want to help out in the kitchen. The Brennans' work provides a useful resource for many sorts of school and library nature programs. --Mark Knoblauch