num_pages: 352
description: When Barbara Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new to spend a year on a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume.Animal, Vegetable, Miracle follows the family through the first year of their experiment. They find themselves eager to move away from the all too familiar scenario of most a refrigerator packed with processed, factory farmed foods transported long distances using nonrenewable fuels. Belileving that most of us have better options available, Kingsolver and her family set out to prove for themselves that a local diet is not just better for the economy and environment, but also better on the table. Their search leads them through a season of planting, pulling weeds, expanding their kitchen skills and harvesting their own animals. Inspired by the flavours and culinary arts of a local food culture, they explore farmers' markets and diversified organic farms at home and across the country, discovering a booming movement with devotees from all over America.Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, and complete with original recipes, Animal Vegetable Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life, and diversified farms at the centre of our diet.
language: English
title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating
titlecomplete: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating
genres: Biography, Nature, Environment, Health, Cooking, Gardening, Nonfiction, Food, Memoir, Audiobook
ratings_count: 109010
places: Virginia
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Faber and Faber