num_pages: 272
description: Based on the James Beard Awardwinning blog The One-Block Diet this all-in-one home gardening do-it-yourself guide and cookbook shows you how to transform a backyard or garden into a self-sufficient locavores paradise. When Margo True and her fellow staffers at Northern Californiabased Sunset magazine walked around the grounds of their Menlo Park office they saw more than just a lawn and some gardens. Instead they saw a fresh bountiful food source the makings for intrepid edible projects and a series of seasonal feastsall just waiting to happen. The One-Block Feast is the story of how True and her team took an inspired idea and transformed it into an ambitious commitment: to create four feasts over the course of a year using only what could be grown or raised in their backyard-sized plot. She candidly shares the groups many successes and often humorous setbacks as they try their hands at chicken farming cheese making olive pressing home brewing bee keeping winemaking and more. Grouped into gardening project and recipe guides for each season The One-Block Feast is a complete resource for planning an eco-friendly kitchen garden; making your own pantry staples for year-round cooking and gifts; raising bees chickens and even a cow; and creating made-from-scratch meals from ingredients youve grown yourself. Chapters are organized by season each featuring a planting plan and crop-by-crop instructions an account of how that seasons projects played out for the Sunset team and a multicourse dinner menu composed of imaginative appealing and ultra-resourceful vegetarian recipes such as: Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Chard and Sage Brown Butter  Egg and Gouda Crepes  Whole Wheat Pizzas with Roasted Vegetables and Homemade Cheeses  Fresh Corn Soup with Zucchini Blossoms  Braised Winter Greens with Preserved Lemons and Red Chile  Summer Lemongrass Custards  Honey Ice Cream Generously illustrated and easy to follow this ultimate resource for todays urban homesteader will inspire you to take eating local to a whole new level.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: The One-Block Feast: An Adventure in Food from Yard to Table
publisher: Ten Speed Press