The edible rainbow garden

Rosalind Creasy, the grande dame of edible landscaping, has created a fun, hands-on guide that shows us how to fill our gardensand our plateswith brightly-colored, not your-everyday vegetables. In urging us to take the art of food preparation soaring to a colorful new level, Creasy reminds us that our pleasure in gardening is reflected in our pleasure at the table.

With brilliant photos, plant information, and technical how-to, Creasy explains how to plan gardens with an eye for color. She takes us on a walking tour through The Hidden Villa, where she designed a 2,000 square-foot rainbow gardenwith the help of Josephine and Frank Duveneck, among othersto the delight and amusement of thousands of school children from northern California.

A section full of savory, deliciousand colorfulrecipes gives fabulous suggestions on what to do with the great vegetables you can find in a rainbow garden. Have you ever experienced the appearance and flavor of lavender-colored vichyssoise? Or how about entertaining guests with spinach fettuccine laced with white marinara sauce? You'll have no problem getting your child to eat their true-blue pancakes, made of course with blueberriesand blue cornmeal. Enjoy!