As the voice behind the award-winning blog gardenbetty.com, Linda Ly has been demystifying the art of gardening, homesteading, farm-to-table cooking and fearless exploration for a global audience since 2010.
Her love for food is inspired by her hilltop homestead on the California coast, otherwise known as a little house with a big, big backyard. There she grows hundreds of vegetables, fruits and herbs, raises a flock of chickens, and attempts to craft a more sustainable and “simple” life, though anyone who tends a homestead knows it’s anything but simple!
Linda lives in Los Angeles with her photographer husband, Will Taylor (whose talent can be seen in her first book, The CSA Cookbook), and their two pugs. Beyond the homestead, they enjoy surfing, snowboarding, climbing, kayaking, backpacking all over the great state of California, and fixing up their off-grid surfside bungalow in Mexico.
The Backyard Fire Cookbook by Linda Ly is a fantastic collection of recipes and tips for cooking food on a live fire. The book explains the different ways of cooking on fire, as well as how to create the perfect fire. It is a detailed book that can be useful to anyone wishing to cook on fire, regardless of experience. Continue reading