Animal, Vegetable, Miracle:
A Year of Food Life
This book intrigued my interest: “The family’s year long experience leads them through a season of planting, pulling weeds, expanding their kitchen skills, harvesting their own animals, joining the effort to save heritage crops from extinction, and learning the time-honored rural art of unloading excess zucchini. Barbara Kingsolver’s engaging narrative is enriched by husband Steven Hopp’s in-depth reports on the science and industry of food, and daughter Camille’s youthful perspective on cooking and food culture. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life, and diversified farms at the center of the American diet.”
My family and I have over the past 4-5 years tried to put most of the processed food out of our diets. At least get to the 80/20 mark of good/bad foods. Luckily I LOVE to cook, try new recipes, hunt for ingredients and do research on food. I have anemia, PCOS and endometriosis. To control these with diet is ideal. However, as of late, I have grown weary of it and I am looking for inspiration, new recipes, ways of thinking and have read books to see what else is out there.
Books I read the past 3 months to help:
French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
Slim for Life by Jillian Michaels
Both of these books had around the same idea and philosophies that I hold regarding portion size, taking out processed food, exercise, mind-set, food pairings, timed eating, etc.
So when I was in Chicago at the Harold Washington public library and saw the ONE BOOK ONE CHICAGO was this book by Barbara Kingsolver , I decided to borrow it from the library ASAP. I started it slowly and am enjoying it. I also, due to some good trading, have my very own paper back copy now. I will write when finished to let you know how it was.
Book on.
Peace.
