First published in the United States of America in 2017 by Grove/Atlantic
This edition published in Great Britain in 2017 by Grove Press UK, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic Inc.
Copyright © the James T. Harrison Trust, 2017
Introduction copyright © Mario Batali, 2017
The moral right of James T. Harrison to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
The pieces collected in this volume have originally appeared in Smoke Signals, the Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant newsletter, Brick, New Yorker, Martha Stewart Living, Playboy, Edible Baja Arizona, Big Sky Cooking by Meredith Brokaw and Ellen Wright, The Montana Writers’ Cookbook by the Montana Center for the Book and the Montana Committee for the Humanities, and Molto Italiano by Mario Batali.
Permission to print Jim Harrison’s poems “Time” (from Saving Daylight), “Poet Warning,” “Broom” (both from Songs of Unreason), and “Pain (2),” “Galactic” (both from Dead Man’s Float) is granted by Copper Canyon Press and the James T. Harrison Trust.
Permission to print Mario Batali’s recipe for Duck Scaloppine with Dried Cherries and Grappa (p. 88) is granted by Mario Batali.
Permission to print the Merrill Gilfillan poem “The Good World” (p. 187) is granted by Merrill Gilfillan.
Permission to print the original menu from the really big lunch (“Carte,” pp. 69–81) is granted by Gérard Oberlé.
We were unable to confirm the spelling of Damien B.’s last name so it has been abbreviated on page 72. No offense is intended.
Thank you to Gérard Oberlé for proofreading the French portion of this text.
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