My Empire of Dirt: How one man turned his big city backyard into a farm, Manny Howard
Made from Scratch: Discovering the pleasure of a hand made life, Jenna Woginrich
Coop: A family, a farm and the pursuit of one good egg, Michael Perry
One Magic Square: How to garden in small spaces, Lolo Houbein
Starter Vegetable Gardens, Barbara Pleasant
The Backyard Homestead, Carleen Madigan
Louisiana Fruit and Vegetable Book, Rushing and Reeves
Gardening in Louisiana, Dan Gill
Louisiana Gardening Guide, Dan Gill
The Art of Eating, M. F.K. Fisher
Five books by one of America’s first food writers, still good reading today
The Food of a Younger Land, Mark Kurlansky
Taken from a never completed New Deal Project, a fascinating look at food in the USA in the 1930s. Mark Kurlansky has also written histories of salt, oysters and cod - all well worth reading.
Like is Meals, James and Kay Salter
Interesting food facts, history, commentary and recipes written in diary form
Hungry Town, Tom Fitzmorris
A culinary history of New Orleans with emphasis on the role restaurants played in leading the recovery after Katrina
Everyday Drinking, Kingsley Amis
Not that we need much encouragement in New Orleans, but worth reading anyway
Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook, Poppy Tooker
Great recipes and interesting anecdotes about vendors, past and present
Classic Zucchini Cookbook, Ralston
Good recipes for using up all that summer squash that you grow or your neighbors insist on giving you
Market Umbrella is an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3), based in New Orleans, whose mission is to cultivate the field of public markets for public good. Market Umbrella has operated the Crescent City Farmers Markets (CCFM) since 1995.
The Crescent City Farmers Market operates weekly year-round in four New Orleans neighborhoods. The CCFM hosts nearly 80 local small farmers, fishers and food producers, and more than 100,000 shoppers annually.