Food heroes : 16 culinary artisans preserving tradition / Georgia Pellegrini.

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9781584798545

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Pellegrini, Georgia.

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Pellegrini, Georgia.

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New York, NY : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010.

Physical Description:

240 p. : ill, ; 24 cm.

Contents:

The potato breeder -- Smoking hog -- Seeing the forest for the fungus -- A brewmeister in a sea of beer -- Fighting for salami -- Healing with olive oil -- The seed saver -- Hans and the 50,000,000 sisters -- Finding the beautiful taste -- Between sky and earth, there is cheese -- Butter poetry -- The chocolate pioneer -- Sanctified tamales -- The persimmon masseuse -- Close your eyes and see the whiskey -- Fig heaven.

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Publication Date:

2010

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New York, NY : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2010.

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In Food Heroes, Georgia Pellegrini introduces readers to the lively stories of artisanal food devotees such as New York mushroom forager Marion Burroughs, French fig collector Francis Honore, fish missionary Jon Rowley in Washington State, and Ugo Buzzio in New York City, one of the last makers of traditional dry-cured sausages in the United States. Filled with colorful anecdotes, photographs, and recipes, this book offers an accessible introduction to the artisanal food movement, and vicarious living for armchair travelers, food lovers, and others who might wonder what it would be like to drop everything and start an olive farm, or who yearn to make and sell their own clotted cream butter. Thirty-two fantastic recipes follow the profiles, and encourage readers to find their own local suppliers.

Author Notes

Georgia Pellegrini's passion for artisanal foods began when she was a child growing up in the Hudson Valley, where her family raised chickens and honeybees, and where the notion of local and sustainable was a daily practice. She attended Wellesley and Harvard and spent a brief stint on Wall Street before attending the French Culinary Institute in New York.

Pellegrini has worked in two of New York's most esteemed restaurants-Gramercy Tavern and Blue Hill at Stone Barns-as well as in one of the premier restaurants in France, La Chassagnette. She currently roams the world, tasting good food and meeting the good people who make it--and writing about them on her popular blog: www.georgiapellegrini.com.

Introduction	p. 6
1 The Potato Breeder	p. 14
2 Smoking Hog	p. 24
3 Seeing the Forest for the Fungus	p. 38
4 A Brewmeister in a Sea of Beer	p. 50
5 Fighting for Salami	p. 66
6 Healing with Olive Oil	p. 80
7 The Seed Saver	p. 92
8 Hans and the 50,000,000 Sisters	p. 106
9 Finding the Beautiful Taste	p. 118
10 Between Sky and Earth, There Is Cheese	p. 132
11 Butter Poetry	p. 148
12 The Chocolate Pioneer	p. 162
13 Sanctified Tamales	p. 176
14 The Persimmon Masseuse	p. 186
15 Close Your Eyes and See the Whiskey	p. 200
16 Fig Heaven	p. 216
A To-Do List from Me to You	p. 228
Those Who Have Captured My Heart and Imagination	p. 230
Conversion Chart	p. 234
Recipe Index	p. 235
Index	p. 236
Acknowledgments	p. 240

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