Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life

Kingsolver, Barbara.

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"When Barbara Kingsolver and her family moved from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they took on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consumed. Concerned about the environmental, social, and physical costs of American food culture, they hoped to recover what they consider our nation’s lost appreciation for farms and the natural processes of food production. Since 20...

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Country life Appalachian Region, Southern Anecdotes

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ISBN:

9781443452700
9780062653055
144345270X

Edition:

Tenth anniversary edition

Description:

416 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:

Original hardcover edition published in 2007
"With a new epilogue by the authors"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-389) and index

Contents:

Called home
Waiting for asparagus : late March
Springing forward
Stalking the vegetannual
Molly Mooching : April
The birds and the bees
Gratitude : May
Growing trust : mid-June
Six impossible things before breakfast : late June
Eating neighborly : late June
Slow food nations : late June
Zucchini larceny : July
Life in a red state : August
You can't run away on harvest day : September
Where fish wear crowns : September
Smashing pumpkins : October
Celebration days : November-December
What do you eat in January?
Hungry month : February-March
Time begins

Control Number:

2217233

Other Authors:

Hopp Kingsolver, Lily
Hopp, Steven L., 1954-
Houser, Richard A
Kingsolver, Camille, 1987-

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