Learn to plan, plant and maintain a bountiful garden of brightly colored vegetables and then enjoy your harvest on the dinner table with this illustrated vegetable cookbook and gardening guide.

With brilliant photos, plant information, and technical how-to, author Rosalind Creasy explains how to plan gardens with an eye for color. She takes us on a walking tour through The Hidden Villa, where she designed a 2,000 square-foot rainbow garden—with the help of Josephine and Frank Duveneck, among others—to the delight and amusement of thousands of school children from northern California.

A section full of savory, delicious—and colorful—recipes gives fabulous suggestions on what to do with the great vegetables you can find in a rainbow garden. Some of these bright and tasty dishes include:

• Golden Cazpacho
• Pickled Golden Beats
• Romano Bean Salad with Grilled Tuna
• Rainbow Party Slaw with Chard
• Red, White, and Blue Potato Salad
• Braised Red Cabbage
• Yellow Tomatoes Stuffed with Shrimp and Salsa
• Technicolor nachos
• True-Blue Pancakes
• And many more!