Checkerboard how-to library. Cool garden to table

Includes index

Why grow your own food? -- All about tomatoes -- Let's get growing -- Sow your seeds! -- Stages of growth -- Harvesting tomatoes -- Tomato Q & A -- Cool ingredients -- Kitchen tools -- Cooking terms -- Pucker-up orange salsa -- Tasty tomato salad -- Crispy caprese melt -- Fresh tomato pasta -- Brilliant bruschetta -- Tomato pie in the sky -- Wrap it up! -- Glossary -- Web sites -- Index

Examines growing tomatoes at home, including the growth process, their uses once ripe, and recipes for homegrown tomato dishes