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Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories (Great Valley Book) Paperback
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Author: David Mas Matsumoto
Series: Great Valley Book
Paperback: 244 pages
Publisher: Heyday; Trade paperback edition (February 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1597140384
ISBN-13: 978-1597140386
UNSPSC Code: 55101500
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 7.2 inches
Essays from America's favorite farmer and author
In Letters to the Valley, David Mas Masumoto explores his personal memories of food and place, stories about how our food is grown, who grows it, and the suddenly changing context of family farms. These essays--in the form of letters to friends, his father, his daughter, and others--began as a monthly column for the Fresno Bee, and in them Masumoto tells us what it's like to sweat for a living; what happens when a lizard crawls up your pant leg; about holiday dinners of glazed ham and stuffed turkey, white rice and green tea; and what it means to be rooted--to be among those who have ''addresses that will probably stay the same for the rest of our lives.''
In Letters to the Valley, David Mas Masumoto explores his personal memories of food and place, stories about how our food is grown, who grows it, and the suddenly changing context of family farms. These essays--in the form of letters to friends, his father, his daughter, and others--began as a monthly column for the Fresno Bee, and in them Masumoto tells us what it's like to sweat for a living; what happens when a lizard crawls up your pant leg; about holiday dinners of glazed ham and stuffed turkey, white rice and green tea; and what it means to be rooted--to be among those who have ''addresses that will probably stay the same for the rest of our lives.''