The Third Plate Field Notes on the Future of Food

Dan Barber

eAudio - 2014

An award-winning chef moves beyond 'farm-to-table' to offer a revolutionary new way of eatingThe Third Plate is chef Dan Barber’s extraordinary vision for a new future of American eating. After more than a decade spent investigating farming communities around the world in pursuit of singular flavor, Barber finally concluded that—for the sake of our food, our health, and the future of the land—America’s cuisine required a radical transformation.The revelations Barber shares in The Third Plate took root in his restaurant’s kitchen. But his process of discovery took him far afield—to alternative systems of food production and cooking that maximize sustainability, nutrition, and flavor. Barber explores the traditional farm...ing practices of the Spanish dehesa, a uniquely vibrant landscape that has been fine-tuned to produce the famed jamón... more