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Books : Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) |
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Books : Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) |
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Dewey Decimal Number: 641.0973 EAN: 9780060852566 ISBN: 0060852569 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: May 01, 2008 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: April 29, 2008 Sales Rank: 124 Studio: Harper Perennial Editorial Review: Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, they'd only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Tells it like it is!!!Loved this new book. Barbara gets down to the real truth about our food(?) industry. Most people in this country have no idea what they're really eating and probably won't believe it when they're told. She did an outstanding job in presenting the facts in a well told story about ONE growing season in Virginia. As she points out - we've lost the knowledge of how to grow our own food in only 2 generations. My mother was raised on a farm and always talked of how good the food tasted. No - it's not as easy as going to the 'supermarket' but everything from chickens to greens taste better when you don't pump them full of chemicals and then ship them thousands of miles. I've grown everything from eggplants to zucchini in pots on the deck of my patio home. Now we have nearly 50 chickens(some with names) that help keep the grasshopper population in control on the acreage we've since moved to. They and their eggs are beyond anything you can buy in the grocery stores. Great job Barbara! Hopefully people will start paying heed to the footprint they leave and ,ultimately, their health. Rating:  - I only wish it were longer!Barbara Kingsolver left me wanting more when I finished reading this book. I learned so much and was also charmed by her entertaining style of writing. I loved the parts about her daughter's chickens who laid multicolored eggs, her trip to visit a cheesemaker (she inspired me to make my own yogurt which I now do on a regular basis), her description of her kitchen invaded by hundreds of tomatoes in August, and especially the very informative sections in which she taught me about the importance of species diversity in the plant world and how terrible it is for Big Companies to prosecute seed savers. But perhaps what's best about the book is that it does not give a doom and gloom feeling at all. You finish the book feeling hopeful... inspired... and ready to eat some yummy organic greens or an organic hamburger! Very well done, Barbara. You are awesome. Rating: - Engaging bookI loved this book, but then, I've been a fan of hers for many years. I'm a gardener, and I found it very engaging from start to finish. Perhaps it's not something that all of us can do. I don't own a farm and never will but I do have a back yard and I'm raising some of my own food. I also frequent our local farmer's market where I can get many things I am not able to grow myself. Changing our way of life happens one step at a time. I figure if this book inspires a few thousand people to start a small home garden, we're all better off. Even people in cities can take part in community gardens. There are lots of possibilties out there. Bravo, Ms. Kingsolver! Rating: - Faith in good foodThis book would rank as a Master's thesis on the author's year of research as a locavore when compared to introductory works on food such as Harvest for Hope and the Omnivore's Dilemma. Having set aside Christianity in the Poisonwood Bible (much as the author of Infidel set aside Islam) Barbara Kingsolver now preaches about her commitment to eating local food. Her new faith that a family that plucks feathers together and eats healthy food will be fortified to face life and thrive. Her family members provide varied perspectives often incorporating humor. Several laugh-out-loud moments involved her description of turkey mating. At times I felt exposed to too much detail about asparagus tomato zucchini goats and squash but I feel more inclined to pick up fresh produce at the Farmer's Market and will try some of her recipes and preservation techniques. Her argument against a vegetarian lifestyle was a big surprise worth the price of this book. If you have questioned the sustainability of spending non renewable petroleum to ship food and water around the globe, you will find wise alternatives in this book. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.), Infidel, Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating
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