Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Posted on 02 May 2018 by Barbara Kingsolver

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. Best Read [ Animal, Vegetable, Miracle ] author [ Barbara Kingsolver ] – kino-fada.fr I do not want to have lunch with Barbara Kingsolver I do not want to sit across the table from this self satisfied woman and have her gently scold me for eating imported world traveler foods, like bananas I also do not want to hear anyof her stories about how awesome she and her family are, and how they were able to eat primarily off what they could grow in their backyard, plenty of fresh vegetables or buy from local farmers who are all personal friends, anyway Aren t we cool I I do not want to have lunch with Barbara Kingsolver I do not want to sit across the table from this self satisfied woman and have her gently scold me for eating imported world traveler foods, like bananas I also do not want to hear anyof her stories about how awesome she and her family are, and how they were able to eat primarily off what they could grow in their backyard, plenty of fresh vegetables or buy from local farmers who are all personal friends, anyway Aren t we cool I don t want to hear anyabout how her family is doing their part to stop global warming by reducing food processing and transportation costs, and now they all managed to do it without fighting Who are these people Everybody gets home from work or school and has to go garden until dark every freaking day,...Barbara Kingsolver has long been one of my favorite writers, but this most recent book was a bit of a mixed bag for me The book covers the year she and her family spent eating only food they had either grown themselves or purchased from local farmers personally known to them Kingsolver s skill as a storyteller is undiminished, and there are some wonderfu...This book was one of my big disappointments so far this year, because I went in thinking I d really like it and wound up so unimpressed that I think I actually hated it The premise of the book is an interesting one, so interesting that I called my mother on the way back from the bookstore to tell her all about this new book I just picked up that I thought she d really like Barbara Kingsolver and her family have decided, for various environmental, political, and health reasons, to eat locally f This book was one of my ...Wellnormally I am a Kingsolver fan I like the way she writes simple and straight forward Her stories, both long an short are well done But this book just really pissed me off It s a non fiction account of her back to the land movement with her family The book starts off well and good She describes their reasoning for leaving Tuscon and moving to a farm they inherited She talks about the trials and tribulations of trying to live off of what they can either produce themselves through fa Wellnormally I am a Kingsolver fan I like the way she writes simple and straight forward Her stories, both long an short are well done But this book just really pissed me off It s a non fiction account of her back to the land movement with her family The book starts off well and good She describes the...Dear Barbara Kingsolver,I m very sorry, but I m abandoning my attempt to read your book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which chronicles the year your family spent living on your farm in Virginia attempting to eat only local, sustainable food.I adore your novels And I loved Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore s Dilemma They even made me stop eating fast food, buy organic when I can, and give up most meat.I wanted to love your book I settled in as you scolded me for eating produce that is flown from Dear Barbara Kingsolver,I m very sorry, but I m abandoning my attempt to read your book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which chronicles the year your family spent living on your farm in Virginia attempting to eat only local, sustainable food.I adore your novels And I loved Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore s Dilemma They even made me stop eating fast food, buy organic when I can, and give up most meat.I wanted to love your book I settled in as you scolded me for eating produce that is flown from halfway around the world You re right I know It makes no sense And then you said if I could only taste fresh vegetables, straight from the vine, I couldn t stand my bland Stop Shop tomato It s t...I can forgive the obvious shortcommings of this book for three significant reasons First, I believe wholeheartedly that by purchasing as much locally grown made food as possible we can solve our fossil fuel dependency Secondly, by the luck of the draw I can afford to purchase food from the weekly farmer s market And finally, our household is committed to making around 95% of our meals from scratch, which started as a response to our collective allergies nondairy, meat eaters but like the Ki I can forgive the obvious shortcommings of this book for three significant reasons First, I believe wholeheartedly that by purchasing as much locally grown made food as possible we can solve our fossil fuel dependency Secondly, by the luck of the draw I can afford to purchase food from the weekly farmer s market And finally, our household is committed to making around 95% of our meals from scratch, which started as a response to our collective allergies nondairy, meat eaters but like the Kingsolver tribe, once our taste buds were reawakened by the flavor of our delicious made by scratch food, there was no turning back I agree with most of what she says and respect her reminder that I need to buy as much food as possible from local farmers, and I am going to try a few of her recipes I do, on ...This books is not AT ALL in my normal wheelhouse, and I m still scratching my head as to why I suddenly felt impelled to order it onand read it It s non fiction, which, nothing against non fiction, but again, not a genre I normally go out and buy I might read non fiction if it s a gift, or library book freebie, or it s our book club monthly read, but otherwise, not very likely.Also it s a whole book about the author s family s year long culinary adventure of eating exclusively natural This books is not AT ALL in my normal wheelhouse, and I m still sc...You have to read this book Not just because it conveys an important message about the sustainability and environmental impact of our foodways Not just because its Year in Provence style charm makes Appalachia sound as alluring as the French or Italian countryside no euros required But mostly because this is beautiful, tightly strung writing about food and what it means to nourish ourselves If you ve read a certain amount of writing on food you know, sweet and delicious though it may be, You have to read this book Not just because it conveys an important message about the sustainability and environmental impact of our foodways Not just because its Year in Provence style charm makes Appalachia sound as alluring as the French or Italian countryside no euros required But mostly because this is beautiful, tightly strung writing about food and what it means to nourish ourselves If you ve read a certain amount of writing on food you ...This book gave me desires Deep dark desires forgardening And making my own cheese And doingthings from scratch And doing them now.The thing is, these are all things I have aspirations to do anyway, but my way is rather slower than the way Barbara Kingsolver and her family approached trying to eat locally for a year I m trying to make small, long term changes, one at a time, hopefully in a way that I ll stick to it But it was fun to read about someone else s experiment, in mostly n This book gave me desires Deep dark desires forgardening And making my own cheese And doingthings from scratch And doing them now.The thing is, these are all things I have aspiratio...I had a hard time putting this down once I d started and once I d finished I wanted to give up NYC life and move to the country to be an organic farmer I m hardly joking.Anyone who eats and especially those who eat without thinking about where their food comes from should read this book Not only is it informative and a bit scary though she doesn t present anything terribly new or earth shattering to those of us who have read things like Fast Food Nation or Portrait of a Burger as a Youn I had a hard time putting this down once I d started and once I d finished I wanted to give up NYC life and move to the country to be an organic farmer I m hardly joking.Anyone who eats and especially those who eat without thinking about where their food comes from should read this book Not only is it informative and a bit scary though she doesn t present anything terribly new or earth shattering to those of us who have read things like Fast Food Nation or Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf , but it s inspiring all at the ...

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02 May 2018

Barbara Kingsolver