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"She had been comfortable, and comfort is the death of the soul, which is by nature searching, insistent, unsatisfied. This dissatisfaction drives the soul to leave, to get lost, to be lost, go struggle and adapt."

"Good food cannot be reduced to single ingredients. It requires a web of relationships to support it."

Farm-to-table may sound right--it's direct and connected--but really the farmer ends up servicing the table, not the other way around. It makes good agriculture difficult to sustain.,

"Farm-to-table--whose enthusiasts are called artisanal eaters and locavores--took root as the new food movement's answer to the conventional food system. It was also, undeniably, a reaction against a global food economy that erodes cultures and cuisines. It's about seasonality, locality, and direct relationships with your farmer. It's also about better-tasting food."

"Knowing how foods grow is to know how and when to look for them; such expertise is useful for certain kinds of people, namely, the ones who eat, no matter where they live or grocery shop" (10).

"The moon is alive now and cast everything in blue."

"This story is equally or more about surfing. People are no more interesting than waves and mountains."