Cooking, kitchen gardens and children: an inspired combination

 ‘Stephanie Alexander:

                                  kitchen garden cooking with kids’

Stephanie Alexander is a highly acclaimed Australian chef and food writer and is involved with the Kitchen Garden Foundation, set up to encourage life-long healthy eating habits by engaging primary school children in the production and preparation of food.

This book tells the inspiring story of the first kitchen garden project at Collingwood College, including the planning of the garden and kitchen facilities and the first years of growing, harvesting and cooking. Because it goes into a lot of detail (e.g. planting lists, permaculture principles), the book is a great resource for anyone thinking about planting their own kitchen garden.

The book also includes 120 mouthwatering recipes, such as ‘Sweetcorn fritters with crisp sage leaves and herb yoghurt’ and ‘Roasted winter vegetables with rosemary and garlic’. In 2007 the recipe book won  Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Award for best children’s cookbook.

Stephanie Alexander was the feature guest at Nine to Noon on Thursday 14 February; the audio of the interview is available on the National Radio web site (for a limited time), click on the following link:

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20080214

Sylvia