Growing a Feast: The Chronicle of a Farm-to-Table Meal
- Synopsis
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The story of a feast two years in the making, from the farmer who harvested the vegetables, raised the animals, and prepared the meal.
In Growing a Farmer, Kurt Timmermeister recounted the toil and joy of wrestling an empty plot of land on Vashon Island, Washington, into a dairy farm. Now he tells the story of a feast made from only what the farm provides. But the story of the meal begins two years earlier with the birth of a calf, Alice. When she is grown, Alice will produce the cream to be churned into butter, made into sauce BĂ©arnaise, and served alongside poached eggs and kale gathered the morning of the feast. Along the way we meet Leda, who trades onion seedlings for Kurt's cheese; Michiko, who forages the white chanterelles for the antipasti course; and Bill, whose large, thin-skinned tomatoes will form the basis of the tomato upside-down cake. Rich in detail, resonant in story, Growing a Feast depicts the effort behind every meal, the farm that comes before every table.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393242966
- Related ISBNs:
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9780393350630,
9780393088892
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 08/29/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Kurt Timmermeister
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Nonfiction,
Cooking, Food and Wine
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
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