If you read Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and found it interesting; a good follow up is Barbara Kingsolver’s new book; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
Kingsolver, her husband, and two daughters move from Tuscon to Kentucky in order to be in a more fertile area so they can grow their own food, eat seasonal and support local producers. They’re raising chicken, turkeys, growing everything possible and making their own cheese.
It’s a great read for gardners, foodies and people examining their own impact on the food industry.
Barbara Kingsolver is one pf my favorite authors, but I enjoy her fiction much more than her essays and non-fiction. I’ve been waiting for her to come out with something new, but am a little disappointed that it is more non-fiction. Oh well. I’ll check it out.
everyone someone posts something about animal rights I’m going to add an extra animal product to my weekly intake.
It’s not an animal rights book. They raise their own turkeys and chickens for consumption. It’s about sustainable eating, which can certainly include a variety of animals.
I’ve read the authors views, it is largely about animal rights and how the animals are raised and treated, yes?
adds some industrial chicken
I haven’t really gotten into the animal part yet, but it is obvious that they are pro-local and sustainable food be it veggies or animals.
Just curious; do you think this is a bad thing? Would you prefer to eat industrial-produced meats and veggies? If so, I’m interested as to why.
oooh cool. She’s a good writer… I read The Poisonwood Bible in high school and enjoyed it.
gotta finish Harry Potter first though (I will not stay up all night reading HP. I will not stay up all night reading HP. I will not stay up all night reading HP.)
Funny, my mom’s friend (late 50’s) said she was up until 3 the other night reading HP.
TC, if you liked the Poisonwood Bible, read The Prodigal Summer. I enjoyed it even more.
Man, you people and your great reading comprehension. I’m so envious, I pretty much have to read something about 3 times before I fully comprehend it and because of that, it takes me forever to read anything.
I finished Harry Potter yesterday morning. now I think I’ll read it again 
it’s not my favorite, but it was good. not sure I like the last couple chapters but the epilogue was pretty cool.
did you read a lot as a kid? I spent my childhood with my nose in a book, or listening to someone read to me. I think that all my linguistic ability is a result of that.
I read a descent amount as a kid. And to show off how much of a nerd I am, the normal thing that I would read was the encyclopedia. I didn’t read many fiction or non-fiction books right now. I wish I read more though but it’s frustrating because it takes me so long to read. I can read quickly, but I retain maybe 5% of what I read if I read quickly.
Triathletes want to do EVERYTHING quickly. Read at your own “pace” and enjoy it LOL. I have to read school stuff very carefully, and if I’m reading on my own - fun books - I could read fast but then you miss all the beautiful uses of language when it’s written well. And Calvin and Hobbes I savor all the images and words, you miss soooo much if you read cartoons fast.
An encyclopedia?! interesting. I read Roald Dahl books exclusively when I was in third grade, and I have almost every book he’s written (the only one missing is The Gremlins).
you know, i couldn’t get through Animal Dreams! i picked it up because of such love so many have for Kingsolver, but had to put it down less than half way through. not sure if i was impatient at the time or what, but it just didn’t work out for whatever reason, enjoying the book that is.
i’ve told myself “try again”, so i will pick it back up in the fall, if i haven’t lent it to anyone (of course, lending often falls into the abyss of “books never to be seen again”. so if that’s the case for Animal Dreams, i’ll just consider it fate, and try another one of her works–perhaps “borrow” myself nex time.).
kingsolver seems iconic in her works of fiction, i really want to enjoy her writing; but much like art, appreciation of writing is subjective–writing is art. so, this is my temporary excuse, and i’m sticking to it (for putting down Dreams).
funny, you don’t like Burroughs while i adore (ok, worship) him; and now this. oh the humanity.
Try the Prodigal Summer or the new one. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It’s all about food and cooking I don’t know how you, as a foodie could not like it.
E.
thanks Erin, i’ll check into those!