Praise for The Compleat Squash
“What a book! It’s gorgeous, inspiring, truly awesome, and practical with its know-how aspect for kitchen and garden.”
Deborah Madison,
Author of The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
“Expertly written and exquisitely photographed, this cornucopia of cucurbits will be the definitive guide to pumpkins, squashes, and gourds for decades to come.”
Michael Weishan,
Host of PBS’s The Victory Gardens and gardening editor of Country Living magazine
“With The Compleat Squash, Amy Goldman has set new standards for books on heirloom vegetables and heritage gardening—breathtakingly elegant, playful, historically accurate, and rich in stories. This is delicious masterwork.”
Gary Paul Nabhan, Ph.D.,
Seed conservationist and author of Why Some Like it Hot: Foods, Genes and Cultural Diversity
“Amy Goldman’s collection of squashes is an honor roll of living emeritus professors, along with a few of their worthy protégés. In addition to delighting us, Ms. Goldman does humanity a service by honoring the ancestral squash heritage, from which all new varieties originate.”
Rob Johnston, Jr.,
Chairman of Johnny’s Selected Seeds