Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet
This very human and often humorous adventure about two people eating food grown within a short distance of their home is surprising, delightful, and even shocking. If you’ve only talked about eating locally but never given yourself definitions—especially strict ones—to follow, I assure you that your farmers’ market will never again look the same. Nothing you eat will look the same! This inspiring and enlightening book will give you plenty to chew on.”—Deborah Madison, author ofLocal Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers’ Markets“Plentyposits a brilliant, improbable, and finally deliciously noble notion of connecting to the world by striving first to understand what’s underfoot. Beautifully written and lovingly paced, it is at once a lonely and uplifting tale of deep respect between two people, their community, and our earth.Plentywill change your life even if you never could or would try this at home.”—Danny Meyer, author ofSetting the Table“A funny, warm, and seductive account of how we might live better—better for this earth, better for the community, better for our bellies!”—Bill McKibben, author ofDeep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future“Engaging, thoughtful…packed with natural, historical and personal detail.”--Liesel Schillinger,The New York Times“Succeeds because Smith and MacKinnon don’t give a ____about being normal. Locavorism isn’t normal—that’s the point—and they fly their freak flag with bemused pride, giving themselves over to the mania that infects the newly converted….One imagines Kingsolver at home on her sturdy homestead shaking her head and clucking at those ‘trendy’ kids, but they’re the ones I’d rather have dinner with.”--Martha Bayne,Chicago Reader