Publisher's Synopsis
Recounts, through correspondence, the friendship between celebrated gardening and nature photographer Roger Phillips and American cookery writer, Leslie Land. After meeting at a mushrooming foray in upstate New York, they discovered shared passions for gardening, food and life. Their friendship spanned the 3000 miles from Roger's home in London to Leslie's hometown in Cushing, Maine. Over the next two years they exchanged regular letters packed with gardening hints and tips as well as recipes, anecdotes and aspects of life in dramatically different environments.