Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

Novelist Barbara Kingsolver has written a very thought-provoking book on
eating locally. This means that for one year her family only ate foods that
grew within 100 miles of their rural Virginia farm.  They planted and tended
a huge garden, canned and “put-up” tomatoes, zucchini, and many other
vegetables. They also grew some of their own meat (chickens and turkeys).
The youngest daughter in the family had her own business raising chickens
and selling eggs. How does she manage to “harvest” some of the chickens
she’s raised?  Her rule is:  don’t name them!

This was an interesting, well written book with essays by the author’s
husband, Steven Hopp, and college-age daughter, Camille, and includes some
of their recipes. 

Could I live like this?  Probably not, but it was a fascinating look at what
we eat and where it comes from.  It made me look at things in a different
way.

Debbie – Rock Hill                       ISBN  9780060852559