Canal House Cooking Volume No. 4: Farm Markets & Gardens

One of several serialized cookbooks that comprises unpretentious but inspiring recipes, photographs, stories, and quotations that are well suited to the home cook who revels in the simple pleasures of the table, not to mention a good read by the fire.

Canal House Cooking Volume No. 4, Farm Markets and Gardens is a collection of some of our favorite summer recipes, the ones we cook for ourselves, our friends, and our families. They'll make you want to run straight to the kitchen or out to the grill and start cooking.

Canal House Cooking Volume No. 4, Farm Markets and Gardens is a collection of some of our favorite summer recipes, the ones we cook for ourselves, our friends, and our families. They'll make you want to run straight to the kitchen or out to the grill and start cooking.

Canal House is more than just Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton's studio--it's their workshop, dining room, office, kitchen, lair, lab, and atelier devoted to good ideas and good work relating to the world of food. The duo writes, photographs, designs, and paints, but in their hearts, they both think of themselves as cooks first.

And every day they cook. In the middle of the day they stop their work, set the table simply with paper napkins, and have lunch. So it came naturally to write down what they cooked, thus bringing about the Canal House Cooking series.

This cookbook is a seasonal collection of Christopher and Melissa's favorite recipes--home cooking by home cooks for home cooks. With a few exceptions, they use ingredients that are readily available and found in most markets in most towns throughout the United States. All the recipes are easy to prepare, all completely doable for the novice and experienced cook alike. These two women believe the everyday practice of simple cooking and the enjoyment of eating are two of the greatest pleasures in life.