The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky - Excerpt

The Food of a Younger Land: Introduction

By Mark Kurlansky

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Read an excerpt from The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky, one of O's bounteous books of summer 2009.

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From the July 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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