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Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer [INSCRIBED]

Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer [INSCRIBED]

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Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer [INSCRIBED]

by Stark, Tim

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ISBN 10
0767927060
ISBN 13
9780767927062
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Broadway Books, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED. Red and orange paper-covered boards, lettered in gold foil. 1st ptg. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. Inscribed by author on main title, full signature with generic "Heirlooms rule!" salutation..

Synopsis

Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still vital way of life.Fourteen years ago, Tim Stark was living in Brooklyn, working days as a management consultant, and writing unpublished short stories by night. One evening, chancing upon a Dumpster full of discarded lumber, he carried the lumber home and built a germination rack for thousands of heirloom tomato seedlings. His crop soon outgrew the brownstone in which it had sprouted, forcing him to cart the seedlings to his family's farm in Pennsylvania, where they were transplanted into the ground by hand. When favorable weather brought in a bumper crop, Tim hauled his unusual tomatoes to New York City's Union Square Greenmarket, at a time when the tomato was unanimously red. The rest is history. Today, Eckerton Hill Farm does a booming trade in heirloom tomatoes and obscure chile peppers. Tim's tomatoes are featured on the menus of New York City's most demanding chefs and have even made the cover of Gourmet magazine.

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Bookseller
Saucony Book Shop US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
061999
Title
Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer [INSCRIBED]
Author
Stark, Tim
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0767927060
ISBN 13
9780767927062
Publisher
Broadway Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2008
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
LCCN
2007048075
Bookseller catalogs
Pennsylvania: Berks County; Gardening, Horticulture, Botany;

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