Amish Gardens of Lancaster County: Kitchen Gardens and Family Recipes

A rare, intimate tour of over 18 Amish vegetable gardens showcases their eclectic blend of utility and decoration, featuring colorful flowers and 32 family recipes. The gardens are designed and tended by women, offering a glimpse into their creativity and resourcefulness.

Format: Hardback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2023
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd

A rare, intimate tour of more than 18 Amish vegetable gardens celebrates their eclectic mix of the utilitarian and decorative. Kitchen gardens are a long-standing Amish tradition, characterized by their eclectic mix of vegetables, fruit, herbs, and colorful flowers. Planned by the women of the household, they are used not only to feed their families but as an artistic outlet. This book explores the family gardens as a portrait of the women who design, tend, and harvest them. Color photographs of more than 18 gardens capture their trademark mix of orderliness and ornamentation: marigolds tucked among the melons, cockscombs with the cabbage, and a whimsically painted chair, iron gate, or old balustrade. Included are 32 family recipes straight from the garden: hot-pepper jam, fried green tomatoes, sweet dill pickles, sauerkraut for a crowd, corn fritters, and creamed celery. Like the resourceful women who tend them, each garden has its own personality and beauty.

Weight: 1044g
Dimension: 223 x 265 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780764365997