Morning Glory Farm, and the Family that Feeds an Island - Softcover

Tom Dunlop; Photos By Alison Shaw

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615266061 ISBN 13: 9780615266060

Publisher: Vineyard Stories, 2009

Synopsis

Winner, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Best Local Cuisine cookbook in the United States.

Everyone on the the Island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts eventually ends up at Morning Glory Farm -- celebrities, Islanders, summer visitors, foodies.

Buying fresh, locally grown and prepared foods from Morning Glory is a rite of passage. Here, rich in detail and lush with the photographs of Alison Shaw, is the story of how the farm came to exist, the family that makes it happen, and the food that excites us all. The 70 recipes include favorites from both the farm stand and some well-known Island chefs.

The Morning Glory Farm story is a romantic one: A young husband and wife hailing from different ends of Martha s Vineyard, with different backgrounds and different expectations in life, carve a few acres out of woodlands and plant what turns out to be a crop of wormy corn.

Thirty years later, the worms are gone, and the couple plant, cultivate, harvest, and sell dozens of fruits and vegetables, prepared dishes and baked goods from a rustic farm stand that is the epicenter of fine, locally grown foods on the Vineyard. They supply restaurants with their produce restaurants that then brag about using Morning Glory products and they literally have people waiting in lines to buy just-picked corn and just-baked pies.

And they do this with the help of a large and loyal crew and two sons who work alongside them planting and harvesting by hand on this most traditional of farms. It is a lesson in sustainable farming that is not to be missed.

This book tells the story of those thirty years, and gives you recipes of the food they offer for sale, along with Jim and Debbie Athearn s own family recipes and recipes from some of the Island s favorite chefs.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The Morning Glory Farm story is a romantic one: A young husband and wife hailing from different ends of Martha's Vineyard, with different backgrounds and expectations in life, carve a few acres out of woodlands and plant what turns out to be a crop or wormy corn. Thirty years later, the worms are gone, and the couple plant, cultivate, harvest, and sell dozens of fruits and vegetables, prepared dishes and baked goods from a rustic farm stand that is the epicenter of fine, locally grown foods on the Vineyard. They supply restaurants with their produce -- restaurants that brag about using Morning Glory products -- and they literally have people waiting in lines to buy just-picked corn and just-baked pies. And they do this with the help of a large and loyal crew and two sons who work alongside them on this most traditional of farms. This book tells the story of those 30 years, and gives you recipes of the food they offer for sale, along with Jim and Debbie Athearn's own family recipes and recipes from some of the Island's favorite chefs.

About the Author:

Writer Tom Dunlop, a lifelong year-round and summer resident of the Island, is a former editor of and now contributing writer to Martha s Vineyard Magazine. He is the co-editor of the second edition of the Vineyard Gazette Reader. Tom lives in New York City, where he also works as a film producer.

Photographer Alison Shaw moved to Martha s Vineyard for the summer of 1975, and never left. Her work has graced eight books, as well as numerous magazines and newspapers across the country. The Alison Shaw Gallery, home of Alison s fine art photography, is in the Arts District of Oak Bluffs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vineyard Stories
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0615266061
• ISBN 13: 9780615266060
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 156