Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara KingsolverMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Yay! I had so much fun reading this book! Barbara Kingsolver is funny and rant-prone (but in the best possible way) and provocative. I'm already a farmer's market, organic kind of gal, but this gave me even more to think about. And I've tried one of the recipes -- strawberry-rhubarb crumble (didn't have strawberries at the market so mine was a rhubarb only -- and yum! I loved following the story of her daughter Lily and the eggs, and also the whole raising turkey story. In addition, I've gotten a great book list out of this too. I've ordered a cheesemaking book and the canning book. (I've thought canning was complex, but Barbara -- can I call her 'Barbara'? I feel like I know her -- put me at ease and made me think I could do this too. I've got the big pot already.) I can't grow much at all since I'm a city dweller, but I'm thinking of trying tomatoes in a sunny, roof spot. Three cheers!
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