The Cook and the Gardener: A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside

by Amanda Hesser (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $4.19

  An American cook takes on a job cooking for a French family at their chateau. By tradition the owners employ a gardener to keep them supplied with vegetables, fruit and herbs. This book is all about this gardener, his work and his produce and how the cook is gradually allowed to share in his knowledge.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  Laced with insights into human nature as well as into nature itself, this text is a rare culinary and literary experience that cooks and gardeners alike will embrace.