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Are you interested in where your food comes from? Do you want to grow more of your own food and cook it up right?  Maybe you are interested in canning or preserving?

People become interested in growing their own vegetables,  or producing and preserving their own food for many reasons. Some are concerned with the source of their food. Perhaps you are concerned with the growing practices and true motivation of big corporate farms that have enormous lobbying power in the seats of government. Maybe money is tight and the thought of many pounds of produce from a few dollars invested in seeds sounds like a good idea.

Whatever your reasons, you have decided to grow your own. Now there are questions. Where? How? What methods work best? What is best suited for your particular situation? What to grow? OK, I grew it, now what?

The Gastronomic Gardener is here to help. I garden, I cook, and I love to eat. Join me as I garden in a small suburban yard, experimenting with growing techniques for maximum yield. Learn with me and together we can discover the best ways to increase harvests. Then we’ll can move into the kitchen to cook, incorporating what we grew into delicious dishes and meals.

I’m David  Offutt,  and I have a passion for gardening and for cooking. My food philosophy is “get the best ingredients you can, and prepare them simply.” This allows the ingredients to stand on their own merit and ensures that cooks of almost any skill level can prepare it.

Recently I’ve decided to share what I’ve learned,  and hopefully excite and inspire cooks and gardeners alike.

I am still learning, and encourage you to take the journey with me.  Between expanding the vegetable garden and mastering new dishes I hope you will join me.

Welcome to the Gastronomic Gardener!

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