Travel Writing: American Terroir by Rowan Jacobsen

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American Terroir
Written by Rowan Jacobsen

The premise: Each chapter deals with a different food (like maple syrup, coffee, cheese, foraging, oysters, mussels, salmon, apples, honey and chocolate). In the chapter Jacobsen delves into the history of the food and how this particular food has come to taste of this particular region.

Travel Angle: Jacobsen traveled all of the Americas tasting place and he takes his readers with him on these adventures from walking around in windy apple orchard in Yakima Valley sitting in a boat on the Alaskan Delta waiting for king salmon. This book can be used as a guide for food related travel to those places or as inspiration to find the terroir of where you live.

American Terroir is an edible journey that takes the reader across the Americas. This book appeals to locavores, foodies, farmers, gardeners and anyone who enjoys the taste of place.

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