Making glass is central to Simon Pearce, the multidimensional family business in rural Vermont and makers of some of the highest-quality glassware in the world. In A Way of Living, the company s founders, Pia and Simon Pearce, provide the reader with insight into the important connections between their lifestyle and the glass and pottery their company produces. To Pia, Simon, and their families, living with simple, beautiful things; creating imaginative table settings; and cooking good food do not need to be reserved for special occasions but can be simply integrated into one s life every day.

A Way of Living, by Pia and Simon Pearce with Glenn Suokko, is 180 pages and contains 27 recipes and 180 color photographs of the Pearce's home, gardens, workshops, restaurants, food, and their glass and pottery in a variety of beautiful settings.