num_pages: 240
description: In Food Heroes  Georgia Pellegrini introduces readers to the lively stories of artisanal food devotees such as New York mushroom forager Marion Burroughs French fig collector Francis Honore fish missionary Jon Rowley in Washington State and Ugo Buzzio in New York City one of the last makers of traditional dry-cured sausages in the United States. Filled with colorful anecdotes photographs and recipes this book offers an accessible introduction to the artisanal food movement and vicarious living for armchair travelers food lovers and others who might wonder what it would be like to drop everything and start an olive farm or who yearn to make and sell their own clotted cream butter. Thirty-two fantastic recipes follow the profiles and encourage readers to find their own local suppliers.
language: English
title: Food Heroes: Sixteen Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition
publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang