French Dirt

Author : Richard Goodman
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565127404
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Dirt written by Richard Goodman and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about dirt--and about sun, water, work, elation, and defeat. And about the sublime pleasure of having a little piece of French land all to oneself to till. Richard Goodman saw the ad in the paper: "SOUTHERN FRANCE: Stone house in Village near Nimes/Avignon/Uzes. 4 BR, 2 baths, fireplace, books, desk, bikes. Perfect for writing, painting, exploring & experiencing la France profonde. $450 mo. plus utilities." And, with his girlfriend, he left New York City to spend a year in Southern France. The village was small--no shops, no gas station, no post office, only a café and a school. St. Sebastien de Caisson was home to farmers and vintners. Every evening Goodman watched the villagers congregate and longed to be a part of their camaraderie. But they weren't interested in him: he was just another American, come to visit and soon to leave. So Goodman laced up his work boots and ventured out into the vineyards to work among them. He met them first as a hired worker, and then as a farmer of his own small plot of land. French Dirt is a love story between a man and his garden. It's about plowing, planting, watering, and tending. It's about cabbage, tomatoes, parsley, and eggplant. Most of all, it's about the growing friendship between an American outsider and a close-knit community of French farmers. "There's a genuine sweetness about the way the cucumbers and tomatoes bridge the divide of nationality."--The New York Times Book Review "One of the most charming, perceptive and subtle books ever written about the French by an American."--San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Bill Buford
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385353197
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirt written by Bill Buford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.” —The Wall Street Journal What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and pack up and (with a wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow) move to Lyon, the so-called gastronomic capital of France. But what was meant to be six months in a new and very foreign city turns into a wild five-year digression from normal life, as Buford apprentices at Lyon’s best boulangerie, studies at a legendary culinary school, and cooks at a storied Michelin-starred restaurant, where he discovers the exacting (and incomprehensibly punishing) rigueur of the professional kitchen. With his signature humor, sense of adventure, and masterful ability to bring an exotic and unknown world to life, Buford has written the definitive insider story of a city and its great culinary culture.

Author : Jody French
Publisher : Neverland Publishing Company, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780982697139
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Red Dirt Rocker written by Jody French and published by Neverland Publishing Company, LLC. This book was released on 2012 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inspired by teen musician, Forrest French"--Cover.

Author : David R. Montgomery
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520933168
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirt written by David R. Montgomery and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.

Author : David Vann
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1921921617
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirt written by David Vann and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galen and his mother survive on old family money—an inheritance that his Aunt Helen and cousin Jennifer, are determined to get their hands on. When the family takes a trip to an old cabin in the Sierras, tensions come to a climax and Galen will discover the shocking truth of just how far he will go to attain the transcendence he craves.

Author : Mark Greenside
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416586873
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I'll Never Be French (no Matter what I Do) written by Mark Greenside and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and teacher Mark Greenside recounts his struggles to fit into the life of a small Celtic village in Brittany.

Author : Kristin Espinasse
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743287290
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Words in a French Life written by Kristin Espinasse and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the popular blog (French-word-a-day.com) and newsletter comes a heart-winning collection from an American woman raising two "very" French children with her French husband in Provence, and carrying on a lifelong love affair with the language.

Author : Mindy Lewis
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458766292
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirt written by Mindy Lewis and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have an amusing relationship with dirt. Some of us have just thought about it more than others. How we feel about keeping house speaks volumes about who we are, our roots, relationships, and even our outlook on life. Everyone can relate to DIRT.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book France written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: