No. 106
William Alexander’s
$64 Tomato
The Banter
The Guys talk about a big change in NYC restaurant ownership as well as the implications of invasive grass.
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys welcome William Alexander to hear about the trials of being a home gardener and the shocking realization that his home-grown tomatoes cost him $64.
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William Alexander
William Alexander, spent nearly four decades as director of technology at a psychiatric research institute.Having broken into writing with the critically-acclaimed, bestselling memoir The $64 Tomato, Bill wrote Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World, a biography of the world's most popular vegetable. That was followed by 52 Loaves: A Half-Baked Adventure and Flirting with French How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart.
Bill has contributed over a dozen op-eds to the New York Times, where he has opined on such varied issues as Martha Stewart's release from prison, what the honeybee crisis means to the home gardener, the relevance of Arbor Day, the difficulties of being organic, and The Benefits of Failing at French, which achieved the distinction of being the most viewed, e-mailed, tweeted, and Facebook-ed article of the day.
THE INSIDE TRACK
The Guys have an amusing conversation with Bill discussing the battles with deer, groundhogs and the neighbor’s cat.
Bill: My latest battle was with the neighbor's cats, who insisted on peeing on my organic lettuce.
Mark: That's still organic.
Bill: Well, you know, I think I found a way to get, get even with them. I started to use their litter box. But I think the moral is that no matter what you do, animals are going to get into your garden because of the simple truth: You may be smarter, but they've got more time.
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