Field days : a year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California / Jonah Raskin ; photographs by Paige Green.

By:

Raskin, Jonah, 1942-

Contributor(s):

Green, Paige

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (x, 329 p.)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520943186
052094318X
0520259025
9780520259027

Other title:

Year of farming, eating, and drinking wine in California

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Field daysDDC classification:

630.9794/18 22

LOC classification:

S521.5.C2

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Contents:

First forays -- Oak Hill history -- Departures and returns -- Field days -- Winnowing with Wayne -- Blood and money, wine and water -- Rudolf Steiner and sons -- Follow the vegetables -- Oldies and goodies -- A place for things to happen -- Days of the dead -- I am what I eat.

Summary: "Sooner or later, nearly everyone who cares about wine and food comes to Sonoma"--So begins this lively excursion to a spectacular region that has become known internationally as a locavore's paradise. Part memoir, part vivid reportage, Field Days chronicles the renaissance in farming organically and eating locally that is unfolding in Northern California. Jonah Raskin tells of the year he spent on Oak Hill Farm--working the fields, selling produce at farmers' markets, and following it to restaurants. He also goes behind the scenes at Whole Foods. In this luminous account of his experiences, Ras.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305) and index.

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"Sooner or later, nearly everyone who cares about wine and food comes to Sonoma"--So begins this lively excursion to a spectacular region that has become known internationally as a locavore's paradise. Part memoir, part vivid reportage, Field Days chronicles the renaissance in farming organically and eating locally that is unfolding in Northern California. Jonah Raskin tells of the year he spent on Oak Hill Farm--working the fields, selling produce at farmers' markets, and following it to restaurants. He also goes behind the scenes at Whole Foods. In this luminous account of his experiences, Ras.

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