In the original dust jacket. Hard back with title on the spine and front board.

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For conditions, please view our photographs. A nice clean rare copy from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. Jack founded the Midsummer House, Cambridge’s paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam.  Apart from establishing Cambridge’s ‘Midsummer House’ Michelin guide restaurant, Jack grew and encouraged the growth of his own produce around his home.  

2nd edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.

Here is a gardening book with a difference; a complete grow-it, cook-it guide to fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables. Pick a crop and this comprehensive A-Z handbook will guide you step-by-step through every stage of choosing varieties, planting, growing and harvesting. There are tips for making the most of your fabulously fresh ingredients in your cooking. There are also dozens of tempting recipes for preserving a glut of produce as delicious chutneys, jams, wines and more. Whether you’ve got an allotment or just a backyard plot, a raised bed or a container, you can grow fresh, nutritious and healthy seasonal food. There’s lots of advice on growing organically so that you know exactly what you’re putting on your plate. And, when you can measure your food miles in metres from plot to pot, you can be sure that you’re helping the environment too.

Reviews: 

• The hard backed copy of this fresh fruit and vegetable copy keeps open to the page, which I find very useful. Within its pages is all the information that a novice could need, carefully detailed with clear colour illustrations. From preparing the soil, rotating the crops, when and how to plant the seeds, looking out for disease, to harvesting the produce and storing it for winter use or using it in tasty recipes, every step is explained. Two years have now passed since I bought the book, and it is still my ‘bible’ from preparing the ground, growing, and suggesting foods for the table and preserving.
• This is the best gardening book I have ever bought . It gives information and advice on most vegetables you will ever grow,not only that but how to keep and preserve them as well, there is a large section on pests and diseases and much advice on soil and ways to grow things . There is even a section on wine making with produce you have grown, this is a wonderful book and I can’t praise it enough.
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