It seems like a decent number of people have found the chocolate posts helpful and interesting, so that makes me happy. On facebook, Rose shared that the Kallari chocolate company is also a good one to support. She even knows some of the farmers, so you can't ask for a better recommendation than that.
In this post, I'd like to write about one of the books that was instrumental in changing the way that I think about food. And that book is Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
Just look at that beautiful cover. You want to read it already, don't you?
Barbara Kingsolver is, of course, a noted fiction writer (if you haven't read The Bean Trees, you should get that one too) but this book is non-fiction. It is the story of Barbara and her family and the year they spent living on a farm eating only local food. They grew much of their own.
Kingsolver's storytelling skills make this a pleasure to read as she chronicles the struggles of raising turkeys, attempting to plan a large birthday party without the convenience of store-bought food, and adventures in learning to make cheese.
Interspersed throughout the book are some of the family's favorite recipes, information about eating seasonally, and facts about the industrial agriculture.
But this book is not based on gory imagery or fear tactics. Instead, it is a beautiful book that not only makes you want to embrace the slow food philosophy in your own life, but makes you excited to do so.
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