In the award-winning tradition of M.F.K.Fisher, hearty writing on the art and love of food from a new star of the genre.

People are at the heart of the warm, personal collection of food and family inspired essays by former professional chef and food historian Teresa Lust.

An Italian immigrant grandmother who plucked chickens in the backyard...an introverted mushroom forager who collected chanterelles in the woods...a German auntie who learned to knead bread in a wooden bucket...all are the key ingredients in the zesty culinary heritage that Teresa Lust lovingly serves up.

Lessons in life learned at the kitchen stoves of the many seasoned cooks in Lust's world, these wonderful true stories are an expression of art and love, family and self, soil and the seasons.