How to Grow Food: Your Crop-by-Crop Guide to Growing, Cooking, & Preserving

Bridge the gap between your urban garden and your kitchen with this super practical companion for all kitchen gardeners. Authored by gardener Huw Richards and chef Sam Cooper, this guide profiles the growing and cooking of 70 essential crops, ensuring you maximize flavor from seed to plate.

Whether you are utilizing containers on a balcony or managing a larger plot, this book provides the necessary data—like how many plants can grow per square meter and expected yields—to accurately plan your harvest space.

• Comprehensive guide covering the growing, cooking, and preserving of 70 different crops.
• Includes no-nonsense growing information for each crop: spacing, sowing, and harvesting details.
• Features delicious and simple recipes designed to utilize your fresh harvest immediately or for later preservation.
• Offers suggestions for the best varieties to grow based on resilience and flavor profiles.
• Practical advice allows you to calculate how much food you can grow in your specific space.

This hardcover book guides you through the entire process for 70 crops, from initial planting to final preparation, including ideas for immediate dishes (like root vegetable tartiflette) and preserves (like tomato sauce).

• Brand/Publisher: DK
• Author: Huw Richards, Sam Cooper
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Language: English
• Print Length: 224 pages
• Dimensions: 180 x 24 x 225mm (Approx. 7.1 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches)
• Weight: 676g
• ISBN-13: 978-0241767030
• Release Date: March 12, 2026

If you are motivated by maximizing the flavor and yield of your urban garden space, How to Grow Food provides the complete roadmap to grow, harvest, store, cook, and preserve the tastiest fresh produce.