Two Chefs in the Garden

Over 150 Garden-Inspired Vegetarian Recipes

Ebook
On sale Feb 25, 2025 | 320 Pages | 9780735245631
Over 150 flavourful, everyday vegetarian recipes celebrating the ease and versatility of cooking with vegetables that will satisfy everyone, from award-winning chefs Lynn Crawford and Lora Kirk.

Two Chefs in the Garden is packed with vegetarian recipes inspired by country living, growing vegetables, and a desire to eat more plants. From the endless bounty of their garden—sweet cherry tomatoes, spicy arugula, earthy leeks, zucchini, eggplant, pumpkins, potatoes, and more—chefs and vegetable farmers Crawford and Kirk’s stunning collection of over 150 recipes coax the most out of vibrant seasonal produce in unique and exciting dishes: Pan-Roasted Asparagus with Sage, Shallot Cream, and Crispy Parmesan; Tempura Eggplant Tacos; Garden Ratatouille Pasta Salad; End-of-Summer Tomato Risotto; Celery Root Soup with Brown Butter Sunflower Seed Pesto and Hickory Sticks; Sweet Corn, Potato, and Leek Chowder; Spaghetti Squash Gratin with Leeks and Spinach; Beet Falafel with Lemony Tzatziki; Pumpkin Mac and Cheese; Apple Brown Sugar Pancake; Ginger Rhubarb Custard Tarts; Cherry Ruffled Milk Pie; and Summer Berry Spoon Cake with Vanilla Sauce.

Crawford and Kirk take readers on a culinary tour through a stunning array of recipes, showcasing the abundant rewards of their garden throughout the seasons. You’ll discover new and approachable ways to cook with vegetables and make plant-based foods the central part of your meals. Featuring beautiful photography throughout, Two Chefs in the Garden celebrates the ease and versatility of cooking with vegetables that will satisfy everyone.
LYNN CRAWFORD is an acclaimed Food Network celebrity chef and bestselling author of several cookbooks, including award-winner Farm to Chef, who has over twenty-five years of culinary experience, including many years as executive chef for the Four Seasons Hotels in Toronto and New York. Chef Lynn is one of the highest profile chefs in the country and a genuine household name. Currently starring on Food Network’s newest primetime cooking competition series Wall of Chefs and Junior Chef Showdown, she can also be seen as an Iron Chef on Iron Chef Canada, Iron Chef America, Top Chef Masters, Top Chef Canada, Chopped Canada, The Great Canadian Cookbook, Restaurant Makeover and Pitchin’ In. View titles by Lynn Crawford
LORA KIRK is a Canadian chef, restaurateur, consultant and food activist from Toronto. She is regarded as one of Canada’s leading chefs. Chef Lora has an impressive culinary resume, having worked as a chef internationally for over twenty years. Lora began her culinary career at the legendary Connaught Hotel in London, England working with Gordon Ramsay and Angela Hartnett and at the Soho House in New York City and the Four Seasons Hotels in Toronto and Whistler. A local food champion and advocate, Lora was the chef and co-owner of the extraordinarily successful Toronto restaurant Ruby Watchco for over a decade. The restaurant is credited with revolutionizing Canadian cuisine by showcasing organic, locally grown ingredients and for highlighting her creativity and drive. Passionate about healthy sustainable food for children and teaching children to cook, Lora is a founding member of Little Chefs in the Garden, an organization working to create garden projects for children to participate in planting, harvesting and preparing fresh food as part of their school day and class curriculum. View titles by Lora Kirk

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Over 150 flavourful, everyday vegetarian recipes celebrating the ease and versatility of cooking with vegetables that will satisfy everyone, from award-winning chefs Lynn Crawford and Lora Kirk.

Two Chefs in the Garden is packed with vegetarian recipes inspired by country living, growing vegetables, and a desire to eat more plants. From the endless bounty of their garden—sweet cherry tomatoes, spicy arugula, earthy leeks, zucchini, eggplant, pumpkins, potatoes, and more—chefs and vegetable farmers Crawford and Kirk’s stunning collection of over 150 recipes coax the most out of vibrant seasonal produce in unique and exciting dishes: Pan-Roasted Asparagus with Sage, Shallot Cream, and Crispy Parmesan; Tempura Eggplant Tacos; Garden Ratatouille Pasta Salad; End-of-Summer Tomato Risotto; Celery Root Soup with Brown Butter Sunflower Seed Pesto and Hickory Sticks; Sweet Corn, Potato, and Leek Chowder; Spaghetti Squash Gratin with Leeks and Spinach; Beet Falafel with Lemony Tzatziki; Pumpkin Mac and Cheese; Apple Brown Sugar Pancake; Ginger Rhubarb Custard Tarts; Cherry Ruffled Milk Pie; and Summer Berry Spoon Cake with Vanilla Sauce.

Crawford and Kirk take readers on a culinary tour through a stunning array of recipes, showcasing the abundant rewards of their garden throughout the seasons. You’ll discover new and approachable ways to cook with vegetables and make plant-based foods the central part of your meals. Featuring beautiful photography throughout, Two Chefs in the Garden celebrates the ease and versatility of cooking with vegetables that will satisfy everyone.

Author

LYNN CRAWFORD is an acclaimed Food Network celebrity chef and bestselling author of several cookbooks, including award-winner Farm to Chef, who has over twenty-five years of culinary experience, including many years as executive chef for the Four Seasons Hotels in Toronto and New York. Chef Lynn is one of the highest profile chefs in the country and a genuine household name. Currently starring on Food Network’s newest primetime cooking competition series Wall of Chefs and Junior Chef Showdown, she can also be seen as an Iron Chef on Iron Chef Canada, Iron Chef America, Top Chef Masters, Top Chef Canada, Chopped Canada, The Great Canadian Cookbook, Restaurant Makeover and Pitchin’ In. View titles by Lynn Crawford
LORA KIRK is a Canadian chef, restaurateur, consultant and food activist from Toronto. She is regarded as one of Canada’s leading chefs. Chef Lora has an impressive culinary resume, having worked as a chef internationally for over twenty years. Lora began her culinary career at the legendary Connaught Hotel in London, England working with Gordon Ramsay and Angela Hartnett and at the Soho House in New York City and the Four Seasons Hotels in Toronto and Whistler. A local food champion and advocate, Lora was the chef and co-owner of the extraordinarily successful Toronto restaurant Ruby Watchco for over a decade. The restaurant is credited with revolutionizing Canadian cuisine by showcasing organic, locally grown ingredients and for highlighting her creativity and drive. Passionate about healthy sustainable food for children and teaching children to cook, Lora is a founding member of Little Chefs in the Garden, an organization working to create garden projects for children to participate in planting, harvesting and preparing fresh food as part of their school day and class curriculum. View titles by Lora Kirk