Thyme to Cook is a practical guide to growing, harvesting and cooking real food at home to nourish our bodies and minds! From successful cookery writer Emma Galloway.

'A treasure trove of a book - an approachable and very beautiful guide to growing your own food and easy and original ways to cook and eat it.' Anna Jones, author of A Modern Way to Eat and One: Pot Pan Planet.

From the best-selling author of My Darling Lemon Thyme, A Year in My Real Food Kitchen and Every Day comes a new title full of fabulous simple recipes - all vegetarian, flavour-packed and gluten-free.

In a development from her earlier books, this one contains a Gardening 101 section on planting a kitchen garden - prep, seed sowing, saving seeds and harvesting. There are also simple planting guides to a range of vegetables - peas, beans, chillies, radishes, cauliflower, broccoli, capsicum and more - for any size garden, from containers to full-sized garden beds.

This is an inspirational look at practical gardening for anyone, plus delicious recipes using the produce you have grown.

Details

ISBN13: 9781775542988
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 256
Edition:
Publication Date: 29 Sep 2026
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
Publication City, Country: Auckland, New Zealand
Dimensions (cm): 25.3(H)x19.8(L)x3(W)1040
Weight (gm): 1040

Author Biography

Emma Galloway (Te Atihaunui a Paparangi, Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngati Rangi) is the bestselling author of My Darling Lemon Thyme, A Year in My Real Food Kitchen and Every Day. She's also a former chef, photographer, stylist, budding potter (@tahu.ceramics) and creator of the award-winning food blog My Darling Lemon Thyme. Her work has appeared on Oprah.com and Food52 and in The Guardian, among others. She's a past recipient of the Tui Flower Award for Best Recipe Writing at the NZ Food Media Awards and a regular contributor to numerous magazines. Emma lives in Raglan, New Zealand, with her husband and two children.

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