William Alexander
Author
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Description
"The author embarks on a gastronomic odyssey--spanning three continents, a backyard wheat field, two exploding ovens, one herniated vertebra, a crisis of faith, and a thirteen-hundred-year-old monastery--in his quest to produce a perfect loaf of bread."-- Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Bill Alexander recounts the challenges he faced while trying to cultivate his own vegetable garden and offers a cost-benefit analysis of his efforts, determining that it cost him $64 to grow each of his beloved tomatoes.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly...