Contents ———————— 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
