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彎月酒家 A Book is Born  這是女兒特別買給我的新書﹐還在新書發表會上排隊請作者簽名。 
那篇彎月酒家是2008年8月15日我寫關於促成這本書的寫作和出版商簽約的緣起。正式出版前﹐女兒早就收到出版商寄來的預覽版﹐我也跟著預覽過。作者在簽書會中感激零涕地送了她一本﹐女兒又幫我買了一本。一則為友情支持﹔一則為犒賞我的辛勞。(前天晚上她去簽書會﹐留兩個小孫在我房間 camping)。 這本書與眾不同之處﹐就是作者本來是個城市裡生長的孩子﹐留學法國時愛上了法國式的食文化。回美後﹐走進餐館業做過主廚也開過餐館。二十年前買了塊地﹐學著種菜﹑養豬﹑漸漸地買了牛羊﹑養了雞群﹐果樹也長大結果﹐牛奶做成了乳酪......他自已一邊做一邊學﹐成長為一個農夫。 
在實踐中﹐他每星期以農場自產的肉類和果蔬饗客。那晚簽書會中有很多人都是曾經到過他的農莊﹑吃過他做的菜﹑欣賞他的生活哲學和理念的美食家。 Kurt 的菜園裡種了各種蔬菜和香草﹐還有玉米﹑洋蔥﹑洋芋﹑南瓜和甜菜等﹐他的菜單也隨不同的季節替換。只有夏天才能吃到草莓﹑藍莓和櫻桃﹐然後是蘋果﹑梨﹐冬天只能吃到果醬。 這個有機農場自給自足的流程是﹕豬隻吃那些菜園﹑果園裡剝下來的果皮菜梗﹐還有餐會剩下的廚餘﹐雞隻吃過穀類之後到處飛跑﹐把牛屎豬糞散播到田間成了肥料滋養果菜﹐也產下美味的雞蛋。他放羊吃草便省得去割它們…就這樣﹐形成了農園大輪迴。 他學會了自已宰殺牲口及切割肉類﹐動刀宰殺親手飼養﹑而且有名字有個性的牲口並不容易﹐自已得先克服見其生不忍食其肉的心理障礙﹐他得說服自已﹐牲口是 food﹐狗狗是 pet。 在書封面上印著許多佳評﹐對他書中誠摯細膩地描述他如何學著做一個農夫以及愛上這塊土地﹐和他所感受到人類和土地的依存與相互滋養的關係。 Among the advance praises: "It is wonderful to have a farmer tell his story with such honesty and eloquence." ---------Alice Waters "Anyone interested in where real food comes from will love this book. ---------Jerry Traunfeld, author of The Herbfarm Cookbook "All farmers will nod knowingly at Timmermeister's exploits, and soon-to-be farmers should take notes as they read this satisfying memoir." ---------Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer這本書請參看陸荃。都市中的鬼鎮農場 值得一提的是﹐在書跋感謝辭 Acknowledgments 第一段, 開門見山就說當初周曉晴不但鼓勵他寫書﹐還代表他提出寫書方案並找到出版商﹐以及他剛開始動筆時所給予的支持… When I started this book project, I was a complete novice, with little or no writing experience. Despite this inexperience, one person encouraged me to write a book proposal and then presented that proposal on my behalf. Without Hsiao-Ching Chou, I never would have witten this book. She became my de facto agent on a moment's noctice and kept me sane during the early days of my attempting to write a manuscript for more involved than anything I had ever written. I owe her a great debt of gratitude. .......... 我也很高興﹐彎月酒家終於修成正果。 分享 Home video:玫力說故事 Untitled from Hsiao-Ching Chou on Vimeo. Meilee's Bedtime Story, Jan. 19, 2011 from Hsiao-Ching Chou on Vimeo. |
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