Flavors from the Garden by William Woys Weaver

Flavors from the Garden by William Woys Weaver

This book came out in 2021, and the subtitle is Heirloom Vegetable Recipes from Roughwood.

Of course, Roughwood refers to William's Roughwood Seed Collection of heirloom food plants at the historic Lamb Tavern in Devon, Pennsylvania.

William is an expert on gardening and food history. He has also won the prestigious Julia Child Cookbook Award four times.

Now, what I first noticed about this book is the gorgeous cover, which features a simple yellow plate with a beautiful tomato salad on it, and then that is set on an old table painted and patinaed with a very light teal. It's a gorgeous cover.

William creates recipes that are all about plants, and so in this book, you will find 80 seasonal recipes- everything from fresh salads and stir-fries to soups and fantastic baked goods, where the bounty of the garden harvest is the star of the show.

Now William has arranged this book to follow the seasons, which means you can dip in and out as appropriate and then head to the garden to pick the in-season produce needed to make these beautiful dishes, including items like Saffron Corn Soup.

There's a Ramp Pesto, and wild harvest ramps are one of the hottest new trends in pesto over the past decade. 

Now, when I see a book by William Woys Weaver, two things I always think of are heirloom gardening and herbs—and this cookbook features both.

This book is 208 pages of eighty recipes that take vegetables from the garden to the kitchen and the table.

You can get a copy of Flavors from the Garden by William Woys Weaver and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $24.