After the harvest

Garden to kitchen	Māori food gathering
Bottling and preserving	Wild foods
A book list on gathering and preserving the surplus of your garden and beyond.   This brochure is a guide only — more information can be found in the libraries. Please ask at the Information/service desks for more information.
From the garden to the kitchen This list of books will help you choose which are the best crops to grow for preserving.   21st century small holder by Paul Waddington Cooking with flowers by Jenny Leggatt Delia’s kitchen garden  by Gay Search Grow it, cook it by Sally Cameron   Grow your own, eat your own by Bob Flowerdew   How to store your garden produce by Piers Warren
Bottling and preserving   A slice of organic life Bottling, pickling & preserving by Elizabeth Ortiz Cutting the curd; cheese making at home by Katherine Mowbray Digby Law’s pickle and chutney cookbook by Digby Law Home smoking and curing by Keith Erlandson Household hints and handy tips Jams and chutneys by Thane Prince   Keeping food fresh One pot of luxury preserve from the microwave by Sonia Allison Quick' n 'easy jams, pickles, mustards, vinegars, preserves & more by Robyn Martin Pick preserve serve by Chris Fortune Preserving today by Jeanne Lesen The book of marmalade by C Anne Wilson The kiwi smoker by Carl Scott The National Trust book of forgotten household crafts by John Seymour The plants we need to eat by Jeanette Ewin The river cottage preserves handbook by Pam Corbin  The Victorian kitchen by Jennifer Davis
Māori food gathering—kohia ngā kai o te whenua. Traditional ways of gathering, storing and cooking kai.  These books are held in Te Matahīapo collection.   A field guide to the native edible plants of New Zealand by Andrew Crowe Māori food and cookery by David Fuller  Māori vegetable cooking by Murdoch Riley The Māori cookbook   The Māori kai cookbook by Judy Spooner
Wild foods The following titles advise which edible plants are found for free in the fields, hedgerows, vacant lots and waterways of New Zealand.   Hunger for the wild by Al Brown   Simply living by Gwen Skinner   The Oxford book of food plants by B E Nicholson The wildfoods cookbook by Daryl Crimp Wild fare for wilderness foragers by Sheila Natusch