Microgreens

Hill's enthusiasm for microgreens, "plants raised from seed that are larger than sprouts and smaller than 'baby' salad greens," infects you as you read her well-written and comprehensive introduction to the superfood you can grow on your windowsill in a week. A New Zealand-based floral designer, Hill explains how to plant, raise, and harvest crops of delicious and highly nutritious microgreens. The book is informative and accessible, delivering in a buoyant voice all you need to know about the ultimate in local eating—making a meal of houseplants. It is nicely illustrated as well, with tantalizing photographs of microgreens at every stage, from seed to planting to plate. And there are more than a dozen recipes included here along with the chapters on plant care, individual crops of microgreens from amaranth to mustard to rocket, and involving children in the operation. Resources, a glossary, and an index round out the volume.