Growing a Feast by Kurt Timmermeister
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 Bearnaise, 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.
"The book shines…Timmermeister does not shrink from the honest truth" -- Publishers Weekly
"Distinguished itself from the multitude of farm memoirs… with its scope and vantage point." -- Penelope Green - The New York Times
"A former chef in the Seattle food scene turned small-scale dairy farmer, Kurt Timmermeister is in a better place than most to set the record straight about where our food comes from." -- Lindsay Abrams - Salon
"We hear the phrase ‘farm to table’ often, but to understand what this truly means, read Growing a Feast." -- Shelf Awareness
"Timmermeister’s narrative is an antidote to food cynicism." -- Chris Walters - Acres
"Distinguished itself from the multitude of farm memoirs… with its scope and vantage point." -- Penelope Green - The New York Times
"A former chef in the Seattle food scene turned small-scale dairy farmer, Kurt Timmermeister is in a better place than most to set the record straight about where our food comes from." -- Lindsay Abrams - Salon
"We hear the phrase ‘farm to table’ often, but to understand what this truly means, read Growing a Feast." -- Shelf Awareness
"Timmermeister’s narrative is an antidote to food cynicism." -- Chris Walters - Acres
Kurt Timmermeister was a successful restaurateur in Seattle before buying farmland on Vashon Island in 1991. Originally four acres, Kurtwood Farms is now a thirteen-acre dairy farm specializing in farmstead cheese.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393088892 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393088898 |
| Title | Growing a Feast |
| Author | Kurt Timmermeister |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2014-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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