Creative Kitchen

Stephanie Hafferty is a professional organic no dig kitchen gardener, writer and chef, specialising in seasonal plant based food. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of growing and cooking good food to feed families and communities. She specialises in making organic, biodegradable, zero plastic, zero waste beautiful products for the home and garden. Her first book, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, co-authored with Charles Dowding, sold over 10,000 copies in under a year and won Practical Book of the Year Award at the prestigious Garden Writer's Guild in 2017.

"Given that Steph grows such incredible fruit, vegetables and herbs, it's perhaps unsurprising that she be equally skilled at turning them into incredible food, drinks and more in the kitchen."—Mark Diacono, food and garden writer"Creative and quirky, yet totally practical. This book is full of brilliant foodie ideas and inspiration."—James Wong, ethnobotonist, TV presenter, and author"Stephanie's book is indispensable for any kitchen, but particularly if you grow your own as she truly understands harvests and gluts and how you might have to think creatively about what the garden imagines supper might be. There s plenty on storage, teas, cordials and delicious meals year round from what you can grow at home. I promise it will be well thumbed addition."—Alys Fowler, horticulturalist, TV presenter, journalist, and author"This wonderful book is an essential reference for anyone who wants to live in a more sustainable way. It is just packed with environmentally friendly, plastic-free ideas covering every aspect of modern living from household cleaners and home-made cosmetics to super-delicious recipes using easy to source ingredients (do try the home-made baked beans). Many of her ideas are highly original, some have been around for centuries; Stephanie pulls them all together in one fantastic volume. Established ideas are brought bang up to date and shown to be just as relevant today a they ever were. We simply can t continue to live in the unsustainable way we currently do; this book can help us all to do our bit and to have fun at the same time. I love it the world needs this book!"—Steve Ott, Editor of Kitchen Garden Magazine