book review

FarmPlate Book Review | "Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish"
Sarah Hebbel-Stone Sep 12, 2012 book review 1 comments
Afield is not your average cookbook. Then again, Jesse Griffiths is not your average cook. He is the chef and co-owner of Dai Due, an Austin supper club/roving butcher shop/hunting school that is known for its dedication to local, seasonal ingredients. Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish follows Griffiths on his hunting and fishing trips where he explains how to field dress and butcher game, following it up with delicious and simple seasonal recipes--many best cooked over a campfire. Beautiful photography by Jody Horton accompanies every how-to and meal. The foreword was written by Andrew Zimmern, host of the Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods." But maybe these...
FarmPlate Book Review | "Greenhorns: The Next Generation of American Farmers"
Anna Villarruel May 15, 2012 book review 0 comments
**For a chance to win a copy of Greenhorns, just log on to FarmPlate and review your favorite food businesses! We'll enter your name in our drawing once for every review you write. More reviews equals more chances to win!**  I love farming, but from a distance. It requires bending, squatting, twisting, pulling, pushing, cutting, dragging, digging and reaching. It can sometimes include aches, pains, cuts, cracks, blisters, infections, stings and sprains. Knowing all the physical demands of farming—or at least having heard of them—I’m somehow still drawn to it. Especially when books like Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers’ Movement hit the shelves and make the lifestyle...