Four Seasons in Five Senses: Things Worth Savoring
3 journalers for this copy...
I heard the author interviewed on NPR and I immediately wanted to read this book. It was the first book I put on my wishlist on Cliff's site. Spike1972 just sent me this beautiful copy for a birthday present. THANK YOU!!!!
Reserved for VeganMedusa.
It was an enjoyable read but a bit repetitive in parts.
Journal Entry 4 by caligula03 at RABCK in Family Member, Family Member -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, September 18, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/2/2008 UTC) at RABCK in Family Member, Family Member -- Controlled Releases
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Mailing to VeganMedusa.
Mailing to VeganMedusa.
Journal Entry 5 by VeganMedusa from Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Thursday, October 2, 2008
Thanks caligula. This books sounds great - I'm already drooling at the thought of peaches this summer (although I'm always disappointed with them).
Amazon Editorial Review:
The nation's favorite literary farmer pays homage to the life of the senses.
Rushing from one thing to another, we lose sight of the art of living, which for California farmer David Mas Masumoto is also the art of farming. Not fast farming, of the kind that produces fast food, but slow farming, the kind that notices each change of light and temperature and produces peaches with juice that runs down your chin.
On the farm, appreciating the fruits of one's own labor requires all the senses: smell that knows when a peach is ready to be picked; sight that observes the health of a season's crop; touch that measures the weight of a fruit; hearing that recognizes each voice that calls out across the fields; and taste that savors the refreshing tang of a fruit at that perfect moment of ripeness. Taking us into his fields to witness the cycle of the harvest, Masumoto reminds us that we must stop living on the run in order to savor the world around us.
Amazon Editorial Review:
The nation's favorite literary farmer pays homage to the life of the senses.
Rushing from one thing to another, we lose sight of the art of living, which for California farmer David Mas Masumoto is also the art of farming. Not fast farming, of the kind that produces fast food, but slow farming, the kind that notices each change of light and temperature and produces peaches with juice that runs down your chin.
On the farm, appreciating the fruits of one's own labor requires all the senses: smell that knows when a peach is ready to be picked; sight that observes the health of a season's crop; touch that measures the weight of a fruit; hearing that recognizes each voice that calls out across the fields; and taste that savors the refreshing tang of a fruit at that perfect moment of ripeness. Taking us into his fields to witness the cycle of the harvest, Masumoto reminds us that we must stop living on the run in order to savor the world around us.
Well, it was certainly droolworthy in places. I should have read this in summer, really, when I could have eaten a peach afterwards.
It's been a few years since I've bought any stone fruits, sad to say, because they are always hard and unripe, and just sit in the fruit bowl getting shrivelled but not ripening. The only way to get decent ones now is to buy direct from a farmer, but I don't generally have that opportunity. I guess this book made me a little more understanding as to why the supermarket fruit is sometimes picked too green. Interesting to see it from the farmer's perspective - I loved his little window sill experiment - and see how hard it is to decide when to pick.
I was interested in his family history and the rotten way they were treated during the war.
My dad was/is/always will be a farmer so a lot of this book was like it was describing my dad, and I think he might have liked to read it. But it's now being sent to rootmartin for the Yummy VBB.
It's been a few years since I've bought any stone fruits, sad to say, because they are always hard and unripe, and just sit in the fruit bowl getting shrivelled but not ripening. The only way to get decent ones now is to buy direct from a farmer, but I don't generally have that opportunity. I guess this book made me a little more understanding as to why the supermarket fruit is sometimes picked too green. Interesting to see it from the farmer's perspective - I loved his little window sill experiment - and see how hard it is to decide when to pick.
I was interested in his family history and the rotten way they were treated during the war.
My dad was/is/always will be a farmer so a lot of this book was like it was describing my dad, and I think he might have liked to read it. But it's now being sent to rootmartin for the Yummy VBB.
Journal Entry 7 by VeganMedusa at Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Forgot to journal this as sent, on 10/8/10.
This book has been sitting on my shelf for far too long. Dropping off tomorrow at the Town's Book Give and Take. Hopefully it will travel and be loved.