The dirty chef : from big city food critic to foodie farmer / Matthew Evans.

ISBN:

9781743316962

Title:

Author:

Evans, Matthew, 1966-, author.

Personal Author:

Evans, Matthew, 1966-, author.

Physical Description:

309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Milk -- Cheese -- Mulberries -- Pears -- Flounder -- Abalone -- Pork (to market, to market) -- Eggs -- Apples -- Brussels sprouts -- Prosciutto -- Chicken -- Hogget -- Raw milk cheese -- Fish -- Pancakes -- Turkey -- Venison -- Rice -- Lamb -- Honey -- Butter -- Small fruit -- Water -- Bacon -- Carrots -- Avocadoes -- Mutton-bird -- Flour -- Tuna -- Beef -- Kale -- Saffron -- Veal -- Pulled pork -- Mushrooms -- Salami -- Coq au vin -- Cherries -- Goose -- Tomatoes -- Potatoes -- Cake -- Garlic -- Pudding.

Personal Subject:

Evans, Matthew, 1966-

Subject Term:

Organic farmers -- Tasmania.

Farmers -- Australia -- Biography.

Organic farming -- Australia -- Biography.

Country life -- Tasmania -- Biography.

Organic farming -- Tasmania.

Organic farmers -- Tasmania -- Biography.

Organic farming -- Tasmania -- Biography.

Organic farmers -- Australia -- Biography.

Organic farming -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography.

Food writers -- Australia -- Biography.

Cooking, Australian.

Geographic Term:

Tasmania -- Biography.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2013

Publication Information:

Crows Nest, NSW

Allen & Unwin,

2013.

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The funny, heart-warming and at times exhausting behind-the-scenes story of Matthew Evans' transformation from high-profile food critic to television's Gourmet Farmer

From an often controversial job as one of Australia's most powerful food critics, Matthew Evans stepped, unknowing and untested, off the treadmill. Leaving the urban grit of a terrace house in Sydney's inner west, he ended up on 20 acres in Australia's most southernmost shire; a smallholder farmer in Tasmania with no clue. What is it really like to take the plunge and leave a whole world of familiar people, places, and work behind? How does it feel to have never used a cordless drill, to suddenly plant a garden, to milk a cow, to build sheds and shelters? And what if a TV show is filming the transformation at the same time? This is the story of that transformation. The story of a life more in tune with the seasons and more connected to the soil. A life that is as rewarding as it is exhausting. The story of a family trying to turn a living from the ancient, noble art of growing things on the land.

Author Notes

Matthew Evans is a former chef and food critic turned Tasmanian smallholder. He fattens pigs, milks a cow, tends a garden, and writes about food from his office overlooking the silver birches atop his cottage on Puggle Farm, in the gorgeous Huon Valley. Matthew is the author of eight books on food, including the authoritative Real Food Companion . He writes regularly for Feast magazine, presents a television show, Gourmet Farmer , and runs a small artisan food store in Hobart with a cheesemaker mate, Nick Haddow. The shop specializes in old and rare breed pork products from Matthew's Fat Pig Farm, among other goodies.

Prologue	p. 1
Milk	p. 4
Cheese	p. 12
Mulberries	p. 26
Pears	p. 31
Flounder	p. 40
Abalone	p. 46
Pork (to market, to market)	p. 50
Eggs	p. 56
Apples	p. 64
Brussels sprouts	p. 73
Prosciutto	p. 78
Chicken	p. 87
Hogget	p. 96
Raw milk cheese	p. 102
Fish	p. 106
Pancakes	p. 112
Turkey	p. 115
Venison	p. 118
Rice	p. 122
Lamb	p. 129
Honey	p. 140
Butter	p. 147
Small fruit	p. 154
Water	p. 161
Bacon	p. 167
Carrots	p. 177
Avocadoes	p. 183
Mutton-bird	p. 190
Flour	p. 206
Tuna	p. 212
Beef	p. 215
Kale	p. 222
Saffron	p. 230
Veal	p. 234
Pulled pork	p. 241
Mushrooms	p. 246
Salami	p. 251
Coq au vin	p. 256
Cherries	p. 267
Goose	p. 273
Tomatoes	p. 276
Potatoes	p. 279
Cake	p. 287
Garlic	p. 294
Pudding	p. 298
Acknowledgments	p. 307

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