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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this book. I learned a lot and it made me think about my food choices.
I absolutely loved this book. It was informative, inspiring, and infused with Kingsolver's dry humor. I'm inspired to change the way I think about, acquire, and consume food.
A beautiful look at attempting to eat local for a year! Kingsolver makes gardening (honestly, farming. let's call it farming) seem a lot more beautiful than it really is, but she IS an incredible author. Won't hold it against her. There are some great recipes in this book, and I learned a lot about plants native to the Southeast.
Self-indulgent, narcisstic and righteous story about Kingsolver's coming to awareness of being a locavore.
I find this book absolutely fantastic! It was inspiring and beautiful. Barbara Kingsolver (and her family) is certainly now on my list of heros!
I liked this book a lot. I wouldn't say it exactly changed my mind but it was great to get a factual grounding for things I already intuitively know; like things made with love taste better. That intention and emotion and suffering (or lack thereof) are passed through the things we eat. That nature's a whole lot smarter than us. That doing the right thing usually IS the smarter business decision too. Also the recipes were enough to make anyone drool and her explanation of the vegetannual really IS handy for helping to visualize what should be in season when. Her unabashed nerditude is charming and endearing and her writing style makes the book a little fun, a little romantic and beautiful, a little informative. One thing I didn't much care for is the way the sidebars and essays were stuck in; reading them often interrupted the flow of the main story for me. Can't wait to try some of these recipes!
Listened to this on audio book by the author and loved it. Could probably read it again.
Only three years behind, today I read the multipart epilogue added to the Tenth Anniversary Edition of this engaging, enlightening, inspiring book. Soon after the original was published in 2007, I joined a packed house (actually a literal and figurative sanctuary) in Atlanta to hear the primary authors, renowned novelist Barbara Kingsolver and her husband, Steven L. Hopp. They read brief passages and regaled the captivated audience with humorous and humbly inspiring tales from their rural Appalachian life and hands on commitment to eating (and mostly raising) a locally produced diet.
This special edition includes a multipart epilogue, with contributions from Hopp, and daughters Camille and Lily, now young adults, reflecting on how the ongoing experience of this commitment to local food and much more, and of how the success of the original book, has impacted their lives and choices as they've entered into adulthood. These are bracketed by Kingsolver's beautifully written ruminations, "The Ground Underneath Us," and "Learning to Be Human."
If you've read "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," I commend these anniversary reflections to you. And if not, I hope you'll add this charming and powerful tome to your reading list.
This special edition includes a multipart epilogue, with contributions from Hopp, and daughters Camille and Lily, now young adults, reflecting on how the ongoing experience of this commitment to local food and much more, and of how the success of the original book, has impacted their lives and choices as they've entered into adulthood. These are bracketed by Kingsolver's beautifully written ruminations, "The Ground Underneath Us," and "Learning to Be Human."
If you've read "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," I commend these anniversary reflections to you. And if not, I hope you'll add this charming and powerful tome to your reading list.