"While I was growing up on our family farm near Lyon, I learned the importance of seasonal produce and fully utilized livestock at an early age. Max Watman’s witty and vivid accounts of producing farm-fresh products such as cheese and preserves in a modern world brings back fond memories and had me laughing throughout."
Daniel Boulud "Max Watman has the descriptive and narrative power to make the outer limits of the food world seem both magnificently rare and dangerously explorable and appealing. Harvest finds the sweet overlap between our gustatory appetite and our hunger to keep turning the pages of a great story."
Matt Lee and Ted Lee, authors of The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook "Succeeds not only as a memoir but also as a work to inspire everyone to try new things regardless of expertise."
Publishers Weekly "[Watman] captures the swing and momentum of food preparation, the Zen of hunting and fishing, and the sweet, quirky joys of family life ."
Eugenia Bone - The Wall Street Journal "On the surface, Harvest is about food …[but] a deeper examination reveals that Harvest is also about family and friendship and the role of food in those relationships."
Shannon Morgan - Washington Independent Review of Books