Graham Kerr is an (now local–Mt. Vernon) author who easily includes recipes amongst his recommendations for a kitchen garden, but that’s not surprising as he is much better known as a chef (remember the Galloping Gourmet) than a gardener. He has embraced raising his own, healthful food as eagerly as any of his past pursuits. Growing at the Speed of Life is filled with the same enthusiasm–Kerr hasn’t lost any of his wit or knack of turning a phrase that made him such a popular television personality in the early 1970s.
Excerpted from the Winter 2013 Arboretum Bulletin.