This is a Vintage Selection from 2006

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. 

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. 

-William Alexander on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2006

Bio

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. 

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 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.

Info

William’s site

https://williamalexander.com/index.php

William’s book

The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden

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