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Growing a Feast: The Chronicle of a Farm-to-Table Meal Hardcover – January 6, 2014

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (January 6, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393088898
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393088892
  • Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.1 x 8.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,491,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsAnother Great Book by Mr. Timmermeister
By J on January 5, 2014
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This book is very different from the authors first effort. Instead of writing about the history of his farm as a whole he picked out certain aspects to highlight. The goal being a dinner he cooks for twenty friends which takes over two years to grow and prepare.
My favorite sections of this book are when the author talks about a few of his island friends. He is a skilled observer of human nature, and his profiles are funny and self deprecating.
Overall this book is a great sophomore effort, and I look forward to seeing what else is on the table...
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5.0 out of 5 starsbuilds on Growing a Farmer--loved it
By science reader on January 8, 2014
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This author knows how to stick to his subject, a rare thing in a writer of memoirs and highly prized by me. This is about exactly what it says it is, how this industrious man grew on his small farm the feast he lavished on twenty people. It's a revealing and absorbing story. Don't look for self-disclosure here--Timmermeister doesn't go there--but do look to really understand what his efforts were and what they wrought. One of the great pleasures in reading this book for me was being reminded of so much of what was done on the family farm where I grew up harvesting food, milking cows, grooming work horses. I know first hand the cream separator he describes.

I deeply enjoyed the whole book, but my favorite part was his account of building the cheese cave and creating the cheeses that live there as they mature. I'm trying to figure out how to get to taste those cheeses! A trip to Seattle, I guess.

I feel grateful for this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLike the Good Old Days
By Emilie on February 26, 2014
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I loved this book because it took me back to growing up in rural NE Colorado during the Depression when we grew everything, whether for a feast or every day, and stored food for winters.

I loved reading about the livestock, especially the chickens and jersey cows like my mother had. Jerseys are cute/pretty, like deer, and like Tim and my Mom said, they give good milk for cheese, butter, drinking. I remember our root cellar, much like Tim describes his cheese cave.

I especially enjoyed the book because it is about an area I now live near, Vashon Island. I am glad to see that some people still appreciate good fresh food and the hard work it takes to create healthy food, feast or not.

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA
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2.0 out of 5 starsCould have been half the length
By Kiwi Cove on December 22, 2015
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I really enjoyed Kurt Timmermeister's first book on buying and setting up his dairy farm and cheese-making, gardening etc. Great. But this second book really struggles. When you are getting down to what someone does to cook lunch for the cooks in making tacos etc. about half of this book si dragged out on the day of the dinner. This part could have been substantially better edited.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInspiration
By bonmot58 on February 6, 2014
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This story was touching inspiration to continue to try to grow and prepare real food for myself, enjoying the process with all its ups and downs.
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5.0 out of 5 starsI have been a cook and a farmer -- this book does an amazing job of capturing the heart and soul of what ...
By Amazon Customer on April 27, 2015
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I borrowed this book from my local library, but I will be buying a copy for my bookshelf. I have been a cook and a farmer -- this book does an amazing job of capturing the heart and soul of what growing, cooking, and serving good quality food is all about.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA bountiful harvest
By Clark Berge on April 10, 2014
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This book is a feast for the senses and an inspiration for people who want to live differently on the earth and have a healthier relationship with their food. The answer is that it is possible! I recommend this book to cooks, gardeners and people who care abut the environment. a huge bonus is Timmermeister's self-deprecating sense of humor and his careful observation of everything around him.
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