A personalized and engaging look at three of the most important architects of the sustainable food movement, and how they have shaped the way we grow, cook, and perceive food--ultimately, how we eat. The book explores how Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, and Alice Waters changed America's relationship with food over the past fifty years, weaving in stories of the author's experiences farming in Wisconsin, visiting food producers in Italy, and cooking in France in pursuit of his own "ideal meal." Considers what a sustainable food system might look like and the power of the written word to change our world for the better. 408 pages pb