Vermonter sheds light on ‘almost forgotten culinary star’

The late British food writer Patience Gray and her housemate turned husband, Belgian sculptor Norman Mommens, lived three decades in the Mediterranean without electricity, modern plumbing or a phone. Photo by Grace DiNapoli/from “Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray”
Ask Vermonter Adam Federman about his new biography, “Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray,” and he sums up its subject as one of the most imp