Gardening and Cooking Suppliers
Balducci’s
Mail Order Division
334 East Eleventh Street
New York, NY 10003
Food products, fancy herbs, and seasonings
Dean & Deluca
Mail Order Division
110 Greene Street
Suite 304
New York, NY 10012
Food products, fancy herbs and oils, cooking
equipment
Gardener’s Supply Company
128 Intervale Road
Burlington, VT 05401
Gardening tools and supplies
The Natural Gardening Company
217 San Anselmo Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960
Gardening supplies, organic fertilizers, beneficial nematodes
Nutrite, Inc.
P.O. Box 160
Elmira, Ontario
Canada N3B 2Z6
Good Canadian source of gardening supplies
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
P.O. Box 2209
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Gardening supplies, organic fertilizers, seeds for covercrops, irrigation supplies
Penzeys, Ltd
P.O. Box 1448
Waukesha, WI 53187
Specializes in herbs and spices
Sur la Table
Catalog Division
1765 Sixth Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98134
Cooking equipment
Williams-Sonoma
Mail Order Department
P.O. Box 7456
San Francisco, CA 94120-7456
Cooking equipment
P.O. Box 430
Kimberly, British Columbia
Canada BC VIA 2Y9
Good Canadian source of gardening supplies
Seed and Plant Sources
The Cook’s Garden
P.O. Box 535
Londonderry, VT 05148
Good selection of European varieties of vegetables and herbs, many Italian varieties
Filaree Farms
Route 2, P.O. 162
Okanogan, WA 98840
Specializes in garlic
Fratelli Ingegnoli
Via O Salomone 65
20138 Milano, Italy
Wonderful selection of Italian vegetables and herbs; has a catalog written in English
Garden City Seeds
778 Highway 93 North
Hamilton, MT 59840
Specializes in varieties for short seasons and cold climates
The Gourmet Gardener
8650 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS 66210
European herb and vegetable seeds
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Foss Hill Road
Albion, ME 04910-9731
Excellent selection of herb and vegetable seeds; many European varieties
Lockhart Seeds
3 North Wilson Way
P.O. Box 1361
Stockton, CA 95201
Carries many vegetables, has a large selection of onions
Nichols Garden Nursery
1190 North Pacific Highway NE
Albany, OR 97321-4580
Wide selection of interesting European salad greens, herbs, and other vegetables
Pagano Seeds
Lake Valley Seeds
5717 Arapahoe Street
Boulder, CO 80303
Wholesale source of Italian seeds available for local nurseries; nurseries can order seeds through them
Pepper Gal
P.O. Box 23006
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33307
$2.00 for catalog, specializes in peppers
Pinetree Garden Seeds
P.O. Box 300
New Gloucester, ME 04260
Good selection of European varieties
Redwood City Seeds
P.O. Box 361
Redwood City, CA 94064
Redwood City carries many unusual vegetable varieties, including many from Europe
Renee’s Garden
Look for seed racks in better retail nurseries. For more information call toll-free (888) 880-7228 or look for her online garden.com/reneesgarden.
Richter’s Herbs
357 Highway 47
Goodwood, Ontario
LOC lAO Canada
Most extensive selection of herbs seeds and plants available to North America, as well as unusual gourmet vegetables
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
P.O. Box 170
Earlysville, VA 22936
$2.00 for catalog, specializes in heat-tolerant varieties
Shepherd’s Garden Seeds
30 Irene Street
Torrington, CT 06790
Superior varieties of European vegetable, herb, and flower seeds and plants
Territorial Seed Company
P.O. Box 157
Cottage Grove, OR 97424-0061
Nice selection of European vegetables
Tomato Growers Supply Company
P.O. Box 2237
Fort Meyers, FL 33902
Extensive selection of all types of tomatoes and peppers
Well-Sweep Herb Farm
205 Mt. Bethel Road
Port Murray, NJ 07865
$2.00 for catalog, herb seeds and plants, dried herbs, and herbal oils
Books
Bianchini, Francesco, Francesco Corbetta, and Marilena Pistoia. The Complete Book of Fruits and Vegetables. New York: Crown Publishers, 1975.
Brennan, Ethel, and Georgeanne Brennan. Sun-Dried Tomatoes. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995.
Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset magazine. Sunset National Garden Book. Menlo Park, Calif.: Sunset Books, 1997.
-----. Sunset Western Garden Book. Menlo Park, Calif.: Sunset Publishing Corporation, 1995.
Bubel, Nancy. The New Seed-Starters Handbook. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1988.
Bugialli, Giuliano. Giuliano Bugialli’s Foods of Italy. New York: Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, 1984.
Carr, Anna. Rodale’s Color Handbook of Garden Insects. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1979.
Castelvetro, Giacomo. The Fruit, Herbs, and Vegetables of Italy. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989.
Cathey, H. Marc. Heat-Zone Gardening. How to Choose Plants that Thrive in Your Region’s Warmest Weather. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Custom Publishing, 1998.
Coleman, Eliot. Four-Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1992.
Cornucopia: A Source Book for Edible Plants. Vista, Calif.: Kampong Publications, 1990.
Creasy, Rosalind. The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1982.
Del Conte, Anna. Gastronomy of Italy. New York: Prentice Hall, 1987.
-----. The Italian Pantry. New York: Harper and Row, 1990.
De’ Medici, Lorenza. Tuscany: The Beautiful Cookbook. San Francisco: Weldon Owen, 1992.
-----. Italy: The Beautiful Cookbook. Los Angeles: Knapp Press, 1988.
Gilkeson, Linda, Pam Peirce, and Miranda Smith. Rodale’s Pest and Disease Problem Solver: A Chemical-Free Guide to Keeping Your Garden Healthy. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1996.
Gray, Rose, and Ruth Rogers. Rogers Gray Italian Country Cookbook. New York: Random House, 1995.
Harris, Valentina. Recipes from an Italian Farmhouse. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.
Hazan, Marcella. Marcella Cucina. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
Hill, Madalene, and Gwen Barclay with Jean Hardy. Southern Herb Growing. Fredericksburg, Tex.: Shearer Publishing, 1987.
La Place, Viana. Vegetables Italian Style: Verdura. New York: Morrow, 1991.
La Place, Viana, and Evan Kleiman. Cucina Fresca. New York: Harper and Row, 1985.
Middione, Carlo. La Vera Cucina: Traditional Recipes from the Homes and Farms of Italy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
National Gardening Association. Gardening: The Complete Guide to Growing America’s Favorite Fruits and Vegetables. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1986.
Ogden, Shepherd. Step by Step Organic Vegetable Gardening: The Gardening Classic Revised and Updated. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
Olkowski, William, Sheila Daar, and Helga Olkowski. The Gardener’s Guide to Common-Sense Pest Control. Newtown, Conn.: Taunton Press, 1995.
Peirce, Pam. Golden Gate Gardening: A Complete Guide to Year-round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area and Coastal California. Seattle, Wash.: Sasquatch Books, 1998.
Phillips, Roger. Wild Foods. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986.
Reilly, Ann. Park’s Success with Seeds. Greenwood, S.C.: Geo. W. Park Seed Co., 1978.
Saville, Carole. Annuals: A Gardener’s Guide. “Annual Herbs of the Field Find Home in the Garden.” New York: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record, 1992.
Scaravelli, Paola, and Jon Cohen. Cooking from an Italian Garden. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.
Teubner, Christian, and Silvio Rizzi and Tan Lee Leng. The Pasta Bible. New York: Penguin, 1996.
Willinger, Faith. Red, White and Greens. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
Wolfert, Paula. World of Food. New York: Harper and Row, 1988
Magazines
La Cucina Italiana. Paolo Villoresi Publishers. Published in English; bimonthly. Subscriptions: $24.00. Contact: The Mediterranean Gourmet and Travel Company, Inc., 230 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1111, New York, NY 10001-7704; 1-888-857-7016.
Other Resources
American Horticulture Society. “The Heat Map.” 1-800-777-7931, Extension 45. Cost: $15.00.