Morning Glory Farm and the Family That Feeds an Island
written by Tom Dunlop, photographs by Alison Shaw

A beautiful and evocative look at this most traditional of farms, along with 70 favorite Martha's Vineyard recipes. Enjoy the story of the family that for thirty years has brought healthy, locally grown food to the island. Tom Dunlop and renowned photographer Alison Shaw capture in words and lush photographs the land, the family and the food that brings it all together.

"Ms. Shaw admits that the dazzling collection of photos in the book were "pushed a little bit," in the printing process. "This is the first book I shot entirely with my digital camera. I was always trying to bring a little more color out of my subjects and to tread this fine line between making it look too weird."

It was the Athearns who commissioned the book from Vineyard Stories on the occasion of the farm's 30th anniversary. Working with Vineyard Stories publishers, the late John Walter and his wife, Jan Pogue, the team was assembled, then turned loose to the task.

"We were working in parallel universes," Ms. Shaw says of her collaboration with Mr. Dunlop, "and somehow captured the same spirit of the whole place."

Both writer and photographer became part of the farm's landscape. "I was just there so much, and there really early," Ms. Shaw remembers, adding, "One of the biggest compliments that Jim paid to me at one point was that I had the work ethic of a farmer."

With broad strokes and salient details, "Morning Glory Farm" recounts history, chronicles working days on the farm and in the seasonal farm stand, explains the Athearns' approach and methods, and introduces members of their real family and the close to 70 workers who compose their extended one.

With pictures that can make the reader salivate, Ms. Shaw photographed the recipes at the restaurants, in her own kitchen, and in the case of a Sweet Life recipe, at the chef's house. "With the farm recipes I ended up either getting carry out and taking them home or actually making the recipes myself at home," she says. Ms. Shaw shot thousands of images and had many more "keepers" than could be used. "I had another 50 to 100 pictures that I would have loved to have in there," she says."
--CK Wolfson, "The Martha's Vineyard Times

ZC6061    Morning Glory Farm and the Family That Feeds an I     $24.95

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