Green is the new black. The desire to know where our food comes from and to minimize our carbon footprints is ever-growing. Wild Kitchen offers fresh insights into kitchen design and styling from those who understand the sustainable lifestyle best, taking you into the home kitchens and dining areas of twenty of the world’s top chefs, food bloggers and restaurateurs, and revealing inspiring ways that the food-obsessed are embracing the 'wild' at home in their everyday cooking and dining.
From a chef who experiments with herbs in a city apartment to a blogger who forages with her family in a local forest, each personality’s featured kitchen story offers a behind-the-scenes view of their unique cooking philosophy along with their insider tips for creating a unique kitchen space. Each chef – from Julia Sherman and David Tanis to Judy Williams (of Via Carota) and Rita Sodi – provides a simple recipe that uses their favourite natural ingredients. Offering advice on essential utensils, entertaining and bringing the outside in, Wild Kitchen also features a directory of websites and restaurants for those interested in finding out more.
Table of Contents
In the great outdoors: Cooking and eating in harmony with nature in the countryside: Cliodhna Prendergast, Ireland; Darren Robertson, Australia; Mette Helbæk, Sweden; Emiko Davies, Italy • Kitchen Gardeners: Growing fresh fruit and veg wherever you live: Krautkopf, Germany; Adam Aamann, Denmark; Amber Rose, New Zealand; Julia Sherman, USA • From Farm to Table: Fresh produce available on demand, for restaurant and home dining: Rodney Dunn, Tasmania; Skye Gyngell, UK; Charlie Hibbert, UK; Palisa Anderson, Australia • The Experimentalists: Pushing the boundaries using healthy, natural ingredients: Camille Becerra, USA; Seppe Nobels, Belgium; Jasmine Hemsley, UK; Anna Barnett, UK • Local Produce: Making the most of sustainable, seasonal ingredients in the city: Jody Williams and Rita Sodi, USA; David Tanis, USA; Rachel Khoo, UK; Patricia Wells, France • Directory; a note on recipes; about the author
