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Binding: PaperbackDewey 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 Studio: Harper Perennial Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent Book. Shares a Space on my Shelf with PollanI'm amazed that so many negative reviewers claimed that Ms Kingsolver's tone was smug. I did not get that impression at all, nor was I smacked in the face with "wealth". I suppose some people are just looking to be offended, from any and all directions. Rather, I found her tone refreshing. Her talent as a writer and her passion as a lover of good food, gardening, and the environment came together beautifully to create an entertaining and inspiring read. I highly recommend ... Read More Rating: - Very Informative and EnjoyableI have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The book is most informative and an eye opener of our food sources. I would love to follow the Kingsolver/Hopp family's "A Year of Food Life" and maybe I'll be able to at some point. Anyway, the book is wonderful. Rating: - Becoming a LocavoreThis is not only an outline and testament of one family being committed to local food production and consumption, it is a view into the lives of the author and her family. Sidebars from her husband provide more motivation and reason to become a Locavore. Her daughter provides excellent commentary on various parts and stages of the project as well as some excellent recipes that I look forward to trying myself. This book has motivated my wife and I to be more committed to being Locavores. Here in NW ... Read More Rating: - An entertaining and thought-provoking feast...I first read this book just over a year ago, starting to read while sitting in a full auditorium waiting for author Barbara Kingsolver to begin speaking. I made it through the first ten pages or so before she began. For the next hour she read and discussed her book and graciously answered audience questions. Her interesting stories and personable manner drew me in. Afterwards, I couldn't wait to continue reading! This book lived up to my expectations. Premise? Her family made a decision to move to ... Read More Rating:  - Occasionally charming but not terribly usefulI wanted to love this book, I really did. The premise is idealistic: to live on home-produced and locally raised food for one year. The authors are likeable: Kingsolver herself, a sharp and sometimes ironic observer, her daughter Camille, a cook and contributor of earnest little essays on eating well; the author's husband, Steven, who contributes scientific sidebars on all sorts of things associated with food production. I myself am a longtime devoted organic gardener, raiser of chickens and beef, and evangelical ... Read More |
