It's not everyday that a person gets the chance to write a book and when my best friend suggested that I do so, I naturally enough jumped at the chance. I've been a closet-writer for most of my life anyway and writing comes to me as naturally as breathing.

This is why the thought of writing about organic foods and organic cooking in particular was like a dream come true. Combine my two passions, writing and cooking together? What could be better?

And although for some that might have been the beginning of their own personal nightmare, I took it as a challenge to hone both my skills of writing and cooking.

So although you won't find instructions and recipes on how to write, you will (hopefully) find enough fascinating morsels on the subject of cooking, organic style.

In that pursuit then, the first question you might naturally enough want to know is, what exactly is the difference between normal foods and organic foods?

This is a valid question and not one that many people will know the answer to, not because of anything else, but because there really is such little information on the subject.

What there is fairly comprehensive, but I've found that even these only leave me wanting to know more. Which is why, I've started this book with the next section, "What are "Organic Foods"?" Not because I'll be more comprehensive than other sources, but because I believe it helps to know what you're getting into.

After that, I will then take you through some of the many reasons why you might want to go organic. (I can just hear my family and friends laughing at that statement! The fact of the matter is that I've been trying to get everyone to go organic ever since I discovered organic foods for myself.)

After that we can go through a tour of some of the differences found in organic foods vs. normal conventionally grown and produced foods.

And then after that, we'll get to the crux of the matter: cooking organic foods in a manner designed to get the best out of them, and make your mouth water at the tempting thought!

These will be in the "Organic Recipes" section if you find the thought tempting enough to want to skip ahead. And since this book is mainly about organic cooking, I have included as many recipes as I could possibly cram in without overwhelming you.

Let me tell you right now though, that all of the dishes I've given here are simply amazing and must be tried at least once. There's also the added incentive that most of the recipes are also easy to prepare.

And after the recipes section (which spans many pages!), we can then take a look at how you might be able to grow your very own small patch of organic herbs and vegetables.