Book Excerpts

Kevin Young is a poet and recipient of the Paterson prize for sustained literary achievement.
Americans have not yet embraced the concept of session drinking, or purposely selecting lower alcohol products in order to sustain a lengthier drinking session. Most people have just generally viewed alcohol as a means to a socially lubricating end.
The recipe for making great coffee at home begins with a simple bit of advice: unplug your automated coffeemaker and simplify: use a manually controlled coffee-making system.
Kombucha is sugar-sweetened tea fermented by a community of organisms into a delicious sour tonic beverage, sometimes compared to sparkling apple cider.
Will Allen, creator of Growing Power Inc. and author of The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People and Communities, feeds 10,000 people a year from a three-acre farm in the poorest part of Milwaukee.