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Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
Long before organic produce was available at your local supermarket, Wendell Berry was farming and writing with the purity of food in mind. For the last five decades, he has embodied mindful eating through his land practices and his writing. In recognition of Berry's influence, Michael Pollan offers an introduction to this new collection. "To read the essays in this sparkling anthology," he writes, "many of them dating back to the 1970s and 1980s,...
Author
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Author Paul Greenberg uncovers the tragic unraveling of the nation's seafood supply--telling the surprising story of why Americans stopped eating from their own waters. In 2005, the United States imported nearly twice as much seafood as twenty years earlier. Bizarrely, during that same period, our seafood exports quadrupled. Greenberg examines New York oysters, Gulf shrimp, and Alaskan salmon to reveal how this came to be. Following the trail of environmental...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The United Nations supports a compelling solution to world hunger: eat insects! Explore the vast world of unexpected foods that may help solve the global hunger crisis. Weeds, wild plants, invasive and feral species, and bugs are all food for thought. Learn about the nutritional value of various plant and animal species; visit a cricket farm; try a recipe for dandelion pancakes, kudzu salsa, or pickled purslane; and discover more about climate change,...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Sea and Smoke is a travelogue chronicling the plucky ambition of a young chef determined to create a world class dining destination in an unlikely place. A native of the Pacific Northwest, two-time James Beard winning chef Blaine Wetzel saw Lummi Island, with fewer than 1,000 residents, as the perfect vehicle for his brand of hyperlocalism: a culinary celebration of what is good and nearby and flavorful. Now, a reservation at The Willows Inn is one...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"From chef and food activist Alice Waters, an impassioned plea for a radical reconsideration of the way each and every one of us cooks and eats"--
So many of the serious problems we face in the world today are all, at their core, connected to food. Waters believes that fast food culture, which prioritizes cheapness, availability, and speed, is not only ruining our health, but also dehumanizing the ways we live and relate to one another. Here she...
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Here is real food: indigenous American fruits and vegetables, wild and foraged grains, game, and fish. Locally sourced, seasonal, "clean" ingredients and nose-to-tail cooking are nothing new to Sean Sherman, the Oglala Lakota chef and founder of The Sioux Chef. In his breakout book, The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen, he shares his approach to creating boldly seasoned foods that are vibrant and healthful, at once elegant and easy. Sherman dispels...
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