Harvest: Field Notes from a Far-Flung Pursuit of Real Food

by Max Watman

Book Overview

After an epiphany caused by a harrowing bite into a pink-slime burger, Max Watman resolves to hunt, fish, bake, butcher, preserve, and pickle. He buys a thousand-pound-steer--whom he names Bubbles--raises chickens, gardens, and works to transform his small-town home into a gastronomic paradise. In this compulsively readable memoir, Watman records his experiments and adventures as he tries to live closer to the land and the source of his food.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393350835
• ISBN13: 9780393350838
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"