Water, wood, and wild things : learning craft and cultivation in a Japanese mountain town
"An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed -- where ducks are hunted by net, saké is brewed from the purest mountain water, and charcoal is fired in stone kilns--by an American writer and food stylist who spent years working alongside artisans. One night, Brooklyn-based artist and food writer Hannah Kirshner received a life-changing invitation to apprentice with a "saké evangelist"...