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Using the Plot: Tales of an Allotment Chef
by: Paul Merrett

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9780007252619
ISBN: 0007252617
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: June 02, 2008
Publisher: Collins
Studio: Collins
Sales Rank: 50420

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Inspiring and funny
We're at the same stage that Paul was in at the beginning of the book - an allotment that is wild and overgrown - so we bought the book to be inspired. His humour and honesty made this a brilliant read and has given us the kick up the proverbial that we need to get started. I think the last review was a bit scathing and didn't read the book properly. He tried very hard not to go to the supermarket, using the local shops as much as possible. It was his wife who loved shopped at Tesco's! I shall be buying copies of this for my gardening friends.

Rating:

- Hmmmmm.....
I wanted to like this book. It's extremely beautiful, printed on lovely paper with lovely photos. Paul Merrett seems like a cheerful enough guy and he has quotes on the cover from Gary Rhodes and Novelli. And he is from Ealing, supports Brentford, so for me it's a local local food book!

But something stopped me. I just found the book to be a bit all over the place. Merrett constantly tells us he's only going to eat home-grown food, then ends up in Tescos; he talks about wanting to be green then admits to having a patio heater, he gets an allotment and only manages to grow one thing by the first spring, he wants to persuade his children to eat more veg but behaves like a typically anal chef, not letting anyone eat bananas (which ... Read More:

Rating:

- Ripping Yarn
The book recreates the bemusement, hard work and ultimately triumphant feeling of those starting out on an allotment career. It shows how even when it's wet, cold and you'd rather be down the pub there is an attraction to allotmenting which can only be appreciated when you sit down to eat your results of your own efforts.

The characters are only slightly exaggerated and all that he records did happen (I know I'm the one with the long socks - read the book to understand). In short a bloody good laugh: the recipes are pretty good as well. Maybe this will do for New Zealand Spinach what Deliah did for cranberries!

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