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The $64 Tomato
How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden
By William Alexander
Paperback
, 304 pages
ISBN: 9781565125575 (1565125576)
Published by Algonquin Books
$13.95(US)
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Table Of Contents
Contents
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Prologue: Gentleman Farmer 1
Whore in the Bedroom, Horticulturist in the Garden 3
We Know Where You Live 21
One Man’s Weed Is Jean-Georges’s Salad 47
No Such Thing as Organic Apples 75
You May Be Smarter, But He’s Got More Time 96
Nature Abhors a Meadow (But Loves a Good Fire) 131
Shell-Shocked: A Return to the Front (Burner) 146
Christopher Walken, Gardener 162
Cereal Killer 186
Statuary Rape 208
Harvest Jam 220
The Existentialist in the Garden 238
The $64 Tomato 247
Childbirth. Da Vinci. Potatoes. 256
Acknowledgments 267
Suggested Reading 269
Recipes for the Paperback Edition 271
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