These are my Food Heroes. These are their stories.
If you have a copy of my book Food Heroes, this is something extra I gathered along the way for you.
This page is dedicated to Sue Forrester who lived in Cumbria, England. She churned butter and recited poems while she churned. She made them up as she went along and never wrote them down. I was lucky enough to have her write one down for my book. She passed away this Spring which was deeply saddening. She was so generous and warm and I’m grateful her daughter had the poem to use at her memorial, and to keep for the history books.
This is a gallery of each food hero and their craft. More in depth photos from each trip are also below:
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Video & Photo Gallery From: “Butter Poetry”
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My favorite poem. “A Bit of Binder’s String”:
Poem 2. “Tractor Tom”:
Making Butter Part 1:
Making Butter Part 2:
Making Butter Part 3:
Making Butter Part 4:
Making Butter Part 5:
Making Butter Part 6:
The butter mark:
Charlie & Lewis:
Sue Forrester and Annette chat over afternoon tea at Annette’s house by the sea.
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Video & Photo Gallery From: “Between Sky and Earth There Is Cheese”
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In Shushan, New York it is lambing season every Spring. This nine year old sheep just had twins and is keeping it real while Karen talks to a customer who’s stopped in for some yogurt.
Feeding a newborn lamb:
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Video & Photo Gallery From: “Seeing the Forest for the Fungus”
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Marion Bush shares the wonders of the forest.
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Video & Photo Gallery From: “Smoking Hog”
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Randy, one of Allan Benton’s employees, talks about the magical powers of pork, salt, smoke, brown sugar and time.
Makin’ Bacon:
Allan talks about the food he was raised on:
Allan talks about the house he grew up in:
Allan explains how his workers are curing the hams Part 1:
Allan explains how his workers are curing the hams Part 2:
Allan explains how his workers are curing the hams Part 3:
The Many Dangling Hams:
Arthur Working the Band Saw at Benton’s Hams, For the Meat & Three Down the Street:
Arthur and Eddie Grazing and Chatting in the Lobby:
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Video & Photo Gallery From: “Hans and the 50,000,000 Sisters”
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Hans-Otto finds the queen bee:
Hans-Otto finds a drone in the pack:
Hans-Otto fixes a bee swarm:
Hans-Otto fixes a bee swarm Part 2:
Hans-Otto talks about swarming:
Hans-Otto in his golden root test field:
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Video & Photo Gallery From: “The Persimmon Masseuse”
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Tosh talks about the future of hand massaged persimmons.
Tosh talks about sugar bloom:
Tosh peels the persimmons:
Tosh hangs the persimmons:
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Video & Photo Gallery From: “A Brewmeister in a Sea of Beer”
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Matthias explains the malting process in front of the kiln:
The underground tunnels of Bamberg, Germany:
How to fill a beer barrel:
Chef Wolfgang’s apprentice makes smoked beer sausage:
Chef Wolfgang’s apprentice fills the casing of the smoked malt sausage:
Chef Wolfgang’s apprentice ties the smoked malt sausage:
Chef Wolfgang makes sauteed kidney, mmm:
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Photo Gallery From: “The Potato Breeder”
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More photos of Lisadell House
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Photo Gallery From: “Fighting for Salami”
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Marc Buzzio discusses the many flavors of hog:
Marc and Paul talk about the decline of artisan prodcuers:
Marc and Paul talk about the struggle against the USDA:
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Photo Gallery From: “Healing with Olive Oil”
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Photo Gallery From: “The Seed Saver”
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Photo Gallery From: “The Chocolate Pioneer”
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Photo Gallery From: “Sanctified Tamales”
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Photo Gallery From: “Close Your Eyes and See the Whiskey”
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Photo Gallery From: “Fig Heaven”
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Photo Gallery From: “Finding the Beautiful Taste”
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