Luscious, perfectly ripe tomatoes. Crisp, sweet melons. Sharp onions and mellow garlic. Everyone knows that nothing tastes better than food fresh from the garden. This collection of mouth-watering recipes from Rosalind Creasy, a pioneer of the edible landscaping movement, will help you celebrate the incredible flavors of garden-fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs. You'll feast on delicious, fresh salads ranging from the classic-Basic Garden Salad, Tangy Mesclun Salad, and Creamy Caesar Salad-to the extraordinary-Crab and Asparagus Salad with Fancy Greens and Sorrel Dressing, Watermelon Spicy Salad, and Flower Confetti Salad.You'll indulge with Rhubarb and Strawberry Cobbler, Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce, and Savory Bread Pudding with Sorrel and Baby Artichokes. But most of all, you'll come to a new appreciation of the countless healthy possibilities that await right in your garden, farmer's market, or produce section.

Also featured in this indispensable cookbook are toothsome new twists on favorite recipes, including True-blue Blueberry Pancakes, Roasted Pepper Lasagna, and Show-Off Barbecued Vegetables and a host of incredible salad dressings, herb mixes, deserts, and refreshing drinks. Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden will even show you how to prepare and enjoyan array of exotic vegetables from around the world-from the jícamas of tropical America to Asia's bitter melon and France's petits pois.