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In the tradition of Michael Pollan s bestselling In Defense of Food comes this remarkable chronicle, from a founding editor of Edible Baja Arizona, of a young woman s year long journey of eating only whole, unprocessed foods intertwined with a journalistic exploration of what unprocessed really means, why it matters, and how to afford it.In January of 2012, Megan Kimble was a twenty six year old living in a small apartment without even a garden plot to her name But she cared about where food came from, how it was made, and what it did to her body so she decided to go an entire year without eating processed foods Unprocessed is the narrative of Megan s extraordinary year, in which she milled wheat, extracted salt from the sea, milked a goat, slaughtered a sheep, andall while earning an income that fell well below the federal poverty line.What makes a food processed As Megan would soon realize, the answer to that question went far beyond cutting out snacks and sodas, and became a fascinating journey through America s food system, past and present She learned how wheat became white how fresh produce was globalized and animals industrialized But she also discovered that in daily life, as she attempted to balance her project with a normal social life which included dating the question of what made a food processed was inextricably tied to gender and economy, politics and money, work and play.Backed by extensive research and wide ranging interviews and including tips on how to ditch processed food and transition to a real food lifestyle Unprocessed offers provocative insights not only on the process of food, but also the processes that shape our habits, communities, and day to day lives. New Download [ Unprocessed ] by [ Megan Kimble ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Earnest 20 something author seeks to transform self, world Jaded 30 something reader encounters phrase prideful peas, lurches on for a fewpages, can t.I literally could not put this book down and finished it in under 24 hours The whole premise is that Megan decides to spend a year not eating processed foods, or, mostly not eating processed foods, and or eating mostly not processed foods Her rules are a little loosey goosey at first, although as she learnsabout food processing from vegetables to milk to meat she firms them up quite nicely I love that she lives in the arid Southwest Tuscon, just south of me because I felt like I co I literally could not put this book down and finished it in under 24 hours The whole premise is that Megan decides to spend a year not eating processed foods, or, mostly not eating processed foods, and or eating mostly not processed foods Her rules are a little loosey goosey at first, although as she learnsabout food processing from vegetables to milk to meat she firms them up quite nicely I love that she lives in the arid Southwest Tuscon, just south of me because I felt like I could relate and even try some of her tips I also love that she does not make a gazillion dollars, she makes 18,000 per year as a single woman living on her own Yes, she eats a lot of fairly plain food, but her point is that even with a small income we can make better choices about what we eat and where it comes from I think it fitting that somewhere inbetween starting ...I was looking forward to reading this book and gleaming tons of great information about unprocessed foods For a while now, I have been wanting to move away from processed foods, even though they are quick for meals I have slowly been making the move However not to really take anything away from the author but I found this book to be really wordy I got to chapter 4 and put the book down I realized when I got ready to pick it up again that I could not process what I had read in the first 4 ch I was looking forward to reading this book and gleaming tons of great information about unprocessed foods For a while now, I have been wanting to move away from processed foods, even though they are quick for meals I have slowly been making the move However not to really take anything away from the author but I found this book to be really wordy I got to chapter 4 and put the book down I realized when I got ready to pick it up again that I could not process what I had read in the first 4 chapters This is because the author seemed to put a lot of focus on other things besides the food process and it was not that interesting to me So I was really just skimming the first 4 chapters The only parts that were really of interest to me were the U...Somewhat interesting read if you can get past her attitude She was a white, privileged, grad student of 26 when she wrote this, and it shows The book professes to be about her learning experience, and there are spots where I feel she was being honest and fair in her assessments of how the food world works, but there were an awful lot of how can people think this way moments where her extreme liberal bias is glaringly obvious Her date with a climate denier is the most obvious example Sh Somewhat interesting read if you can get past her attitude She was a white, privileged, grad student of 26 when she wrote this, and it shows The book professes to be about her learning experience, and there are spots where I feel she was being honest and fair in her assessments of how the food world works, but there were an awful lot of how can people think this way moments where her extreme liberal bias is glaringly obvious Her date with a climate denier is the most obvious example She can t wait to get home and call her sister to talk about this crazy guy I applaud her willingness to tak...I currently have my first loaf of homemade bread in the oven, made with locally grown and milled flour That is probably the biggest indicator of how much I took from this book.This book took me almost three full months to read something about reading on my Kindle slows me down but it prompted a lot of thought and reflection The book chronicles Kimble s yearlong experiment in eating wholly unprocessed foods For each chapter, Kimble explains the impact of eating unprocessed for one food group for example, meat, dairy, etc I found reading Kimble s personal take to be pretty entertaining and enjoyable for example, when Kimble found giving up chocolate unthinka This book took me almost three full months to read something about reading on my Kindle slows me down but it prompted a lot of thought and reflection The book chronicles Kimble s yearlong experiment in eating wholly unprocessed foods For each chapter, Kimble explains the impact of eating unprocessed for one food group for ...This book will make your life better.I should mention that I am the last person to be caught dead carrying around a book with a title like Unprocessed My City Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food I have some deep snobberies and this is one of them whenever people talk about science supported supplements and what we should or should not be eating because of this or that cancer causing additive, I get REALLY SUPER IRRATIONALLY annoyed Because purity in food has never existed, and we re all im This book will make your life better.I should mention that I am the last person to be caught dead carrying around a book with a title like Unprocessed My City Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food I have some deep snobberies and this is one of them whenever people talk about science supported supplements and what we should or should not be eating because of this or that cancer causing additive, I get REALLY SUPER IRRATIONALLY annoyed Because purity in food has never existed, and we re all implicated in the messed up system, and whatever supplements you do or do not take, you re still gonna die.But after reading Megan Kimble s articles in the now defunct magazine Edible Baja Arizona, I became a devotee of the way she discusses the things I care about n...What I learned whole wheat flour is Humpty Dumpty flour The mills usually break part the different parts and then, for the whole order, they add this much of this back in and that much of that back in to make whole wheat It s kinda like hamburgerThis was better than I thought it might be and worth the wait I love requesting new materials at my library and then seeing a waitlist growing I hope the next readers will get as much out of this one as I did.Who is this book good for Definitely fans of the I did this thing for a year genre Yes, I m a fan But also, I think this would be a good introduction for someone new to unprocessing their food While a lot of the info Megan shares wasn t new to me and likely wouldn t be a surprise This was better than I thought it might be and worth the wait I love requesting new materials at my library and then seeing a waitlist growing I hope the next readers will get as much out of this one as I did.Who is this book good for Definitely fans of the I did this thing for a year genre Yes, I m a fan But also, I think this would be a good introduction for someone new to unprocessing their food While a lot of the info Megan shares wasn t new to me and likely wouldn t be a surprise to those already on the path, she does give a lot of good info on how our food system is run and makes a good case for learningabout where the foods we are consuming are coming from and how The book follows Megan s attempts to avoid processed food, or rather highly processed foods as she does include items she could make herself though doesn t always due to time will There are foods she cuts out or limits later in the year as she discovers just how processed they actually are and there are a few fo...

Unprocessed
  • English
  • 15 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • 0062382462
  • Megan Kimble
  • Unprocessed