Platter Salads
By Patti Bess, author of Vegetarian Barbecue Where’s your favorite platter? It’s perfect for late summer entertaining when the markets are full of delicious, fresh produce and your garden is overflowing. A platter salad easily turns the abundance of summer into a successful meal. Ingredients for a platter salad Following the principle that foods in season generally taste good together, a platter salad is a collection of compatible vegetables cooked when necessary — but mostly not — and...
read moreDianne Benson, famed garden author and fashion designer, joins the H. Potter Knowledge blog as a monthly Guest Author
by Charlotte Germane, Editor of the H. Potter Knowledge blog 2010-2011 Dianne B. and Hamptons style Dianne Benson took her design flair from her Dianne B. clothing stores in Manhattan and transplanted it to her first garden in the Hamptons 20 years ago. The novice gardener’s dramatic and highly personal planting style was quickly noted in the beach towns of Long Island, and reached an international audience with the publication of her cult classic book, DIRT: The Lowdown on Growing a Garden with Style....
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