The cook and the gardener : recipes and writings from France

The ancient link between the gardener and the cook is at the heart of this remarkably evocative cookbook, in which Amanda Hesser recounts a year she spent as a cook in an old château in Burgundy. She and the property's wary gardener became friends, and he showed her a way of life that was quickly disappearing from France. Each season, Hesser puts the garden's harvest at the centre of her cooking. In spring, it's carrots with tarragon and braised...