Author: Georgia Pellegrini
First line: I can still picture her standing in her gardens, permanently hunched over, with shovel and trowel, her white hair puffing out from below the brim of her baseball hat, her floral shirt falling just above her muddy oversized sneakers.
Why you should read this book: It's a celebration of the dreamers and lovers who set aside the culture of convenience, commercialism, and fast food to focus on producing ingredients in the slow, careful, old ways, or sometimes in new ways that combine old and new knowledge. The author travels America and Europe in search of the artisans, farmers, ranchers, and brewers slow-crafting food and drink that must be savored and celebrated. Each of the sixteen vignettes mixes science, culture, human interest, and food lore, and concludes with a few relevant recipes.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You can't tell the difference.
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