‘The Abundant Kitchen’ by Niva and Yotam Kay
Following on from their 2021 debut book, The Abundant Garden, Niva and Yotam Kay bring the ideas and recipes to use the bountiful harvests from their garden. Rather than use artificial ways to lengthen shelf-life, the perma-culturalists from Coromandel Peninsula draw from generational knowledge and their own near twenty-year experiences of scientific trials and research.
Full, extensive, invaluable intellectual knowledge is placed into our hands for us to glean from in their new book The Abundant Kitchen – we gain from their exploratory principles and hard work. Each page is full of a glossary of terms well explained for us to learn; the art of preserving plentiful yields and protect fragile food security; not just for themselves but in the true spirit of permaculture – nurturing the spirit of community.
From lacto-fermenting, pickling, brewing, kombucha, making meads and vinegar, sourdough starters, curing meats, koji mould growing through to preserving and drying skills. All from their private vegetable gardens that service their workshops and market gardens. It is truly dynamic and motivating to see them live out their ideals.
Pakaraka Permaculture is in the Kauaeranga Valley and the wider property is co-owned with Harry Parke. Harry and his partner (now deceased) former Green Party Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons established the permaculture haven, nurturing the soil, building their home and now reap the harvest of their eco-investment. Yotam and Niva own a quarter acre farm within the valley acreage and have built their business for eight years since moving from Israel.
Recreating the evocative aromas and tastes they remember from their childhoods, Yotam and Niva bring to life an exhaustive array of flavours, blends and practical uses of harvest to promote wellbeing and optimum health benefits. The Abundant Kitchen will quickly become a valued go-to handbook to plan the best use of what your garden yields far beyond just a simple ‘fresh harvest’.
The Abundant Kitchen is the perfect companion book to maximise all that The Abundant Garden produces.
Available in store and online
Allen and Unwin
ISBN 9781991006318
