Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Book Review: Uplifting and fun
Summary: 5 Stars
I love anything written by Barbara Kingsolver. She has a way with words that is amazing to me.
This is the first nonfiction I've read from her, and I love it. It was a perfect choice for me since I have lately been interested in starting my own garden, and eating locally and organically as often as possible.
Even though I agree with most of what she and her family are saying, she can be a little preachy about how the world is wrong to live the way its been living. However, she makes up for it in many ways. She has great stories about neighbors and friends making the same efforts to live locally that really help me feel better about the Earth. The variety of the heirloom veggies she lists and grows makes me wonder what I've been eating all my life!
There are lots of great links listed throughout the book for more information on her discussions, Steven Hopp's information, and Camille Kingsolver's recipes.
This is a great book. I recommend it to anyone who likes this author or wants to know more about gardening and living healthy and preserving an American way of life.
Book Review: Localvores Delight
Summary: 4 Stars
Very few books make me want to be a better person, even fewer make it seem easy. Kingsolver's engaging writing style was as fresh as her veggies. I've spent the past week identifying the location of everything on my plate and feeling better about the future than I thought possible.
Book Review: Animal, Vegetable Miracle
Summary: 5 Stars
While reading this book, I went through my cabinets and looked at where some of the products I buy come from. Honey from South America? There is honey at my LOCAL farmers market! Eggs 400 miles away? I see a sign for "Fresh Brown Eggs" on my way home everyday! While we may not have enough land to raise all my food for the year, with a little planning, most of our food can be brought local, and raised at home. A very enlightening book. I very much enjoyed it.
Karen
www.Gardenchick.com
Book Review: Excellent Book. Shares a Space on my Shelf with Pollan
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm amazed that so many negative reviewers claimed that Ms Kingsolver's tone was smug. I did not get that impression at all, nor was I smacked in the face with "wealth". I suppose some people are just looking to be offended, from any and all directions.
Rather, I found her tone refreshing. Her talent as a writer and her passion as a lover of good food, gardening, and the environment came together beautifully to create an entertaining and inspiring read.
I highly recommend it, along with Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Book Review: Very Informative and Enjoyable
Summary: 5 Stars
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The book is most informative and an eye opener of our food sources. I would love to follow the Kingsolver/Hopp family's "A Year of Food Life" and maybe I'll be able to at some point. Anyway, the book is wonderful.