Water, Wood, and Wild Things: Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town

"With this book, you feel you can stop time and savor the rituals of life." —Maira Kalman An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed—where ducks are hunted by net, saké is brewed from the purest mountain water, and charcoal is fired in stone kilns—by an American writer and food stylist w...