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An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Author: Bill Buford

In Defense of Food

A Natural History of Four Meals. Author: Michael Pollan

Omnivore's Dilemma

A Natural History of Four Meals. Author: Michael Pollan

Manifestos on the Future of Food & Seed

A collection of essays promoting sustainable agriculture and local food systems. Edited by Vandana Shiva

Archive for October, 2007

Book: Omnivore’s Dilemma

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Author Michael Pollan takes us through 4 different meals from field to table. The first meal is from the typical industrial farming model where we learn that corn is contained in over one quarter of the products in the supermarket. The second meal points out the flaws in “big organic”. The third is sourced from locally grown and produced food. He hunts and forages for the fourth meal.

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Book: Manifestos on the Future of Food & Seed

Friday, October 19th, 2007

This book features essays written by Carlo Petrini, Michael Pollan, Jamey Lionette, Prince Charles and Vandana Shiva.

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