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REACTIONS & REVIEWS
For full-length reviews, see BookPage and the Smithsonian magazine.
"My Vegetable Love makes me green—nay, red-
ripe-tomato and purple-eggplant with envy. This is a
book rich with the good black earth of living."
—Sam Pickering, author of Tresspassing
"A lovely memoir. Beautifully written, tender, and wise."
—Gerald Stern, author of Old Mercy
"Beneath the simplicity of this beguiling gardener's journal lies
the captivating story of a good life and a true love. In
the spirit of M.F.K. Fisher's writing about food and
drink, Carl H. Klaus has found in his garden a model
of the enduring passions of life and death."
—Patricia Hampl, author of A Romantic Education
"Klaus is a gardener's gardener, inventive and
adventurous. His acute observations transform
gardening chores into voyages of discovery."
—Jim Wilson, author of Landscaping With Herbs
"Part Gilbert White, part Henry David Thoreau, this
chronicle of an Iowa gardener's year has drawn from
the heartland a calm, compassionate harvest."
—Roger B. Swain, science editor, Horticulture,
and host of PBS's Victory Garden
"You don't have to be a gardener to love this book. I was
totally enchanted by each of these charming essays, which
reflect the total gardener, cook and canner, teacher,
philosopher, and one man's love for this earth."
—Ann Zwinger, author of Run, River, Run
"Home gardeners, cooks and nature lovers will savor this
delightful account of the 1995 growing season in Iowa."
—Publisher's Weekly
"A serenely informal gardener's companion.... Any
gardener, true-blue or armchair variety, will want
to settle down and read Klaus."
—Kirkus Reviews
"This is a good book for anyone who has ever planted a
vegetable. Or eaten one. Or even thought about it."
—Chicago Tribune
"Flowers may spell romance, but his vegetables spell love."
—Boston Globe |
