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Rowan Jacobsen, September 24

American Terroir: Why Food and Wine From Different Places Taste Different

Rowan Jacobsen is the James Beard Award-winning author of A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America, Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis, and The Living Shore, about our ancient connection to estuaries and their potential to heal the oceans. He has written for the New York Times, Newsweek, Harper's, Outside, Eating Well, and other periodicals. Whether visiting endangered oystermen in Louisiana or cacao-gathering tribes in the Bolivian Amazon, his subject is how to maintain a sense of place in a world of increasing placelessness.

His newest book, American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of our Woods, Waters and Fields, will be released in August. He lives in Vermont with his wife and son and speaks frequently on the subject of sustainability. You won't find him on Twitter or Facebook.

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