Tag: food
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BR296) “Medium Raw” Book Review
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain. 4/5 rating. 291 pages. Book #12 of 2023. Read April 26, 2023. I just love everything Anthony Bourdain does (did?). His wry, sarcastic, and unapologetic humor just gets me and I find myself laughing my way through…
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BR237) “The Town that Food Saved” Book Review
The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food by Ben Hewitt. 3/5 rating. 223 pages. Book #4 of 2022. Read January 11, 2022. This book is all about Hardwick, VT’s drive toward a new type of local food. While it was not the most interesting book overall, it made me…
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BR214) “The Local Food Revolution” Book Review
The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself in Uncertain Times by Michael Brownlee. 2/5 rating. 389 pages. Book #50 of 2021. Read July 1, 2021. I was really looking forward to reading this book because food and its production is probably the single most important thing that will determine our future. Unfortunately, this…
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BR193) “Food, Inc.” Book Review
Food, Inc.: How Industrial Food is Making us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer – And What You Can Do About It by Karl Weber. 3/5 rating. 270 pages. Book #29 of 2021. Read April 6, 2021. This is a collection of essays and writings to accompany the acclaimed documentary of the same name. When most people…
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BR167) “Like Water for Chocolate” Book Review
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. 2/5 rating. 241 pages. Book #3 of 2021. Read January 16, 2021. This book is part cookbook, part love story, all strange. This book follows the life of Tita, a Mexican girl who is doomed as the youngest daughter to a life without love and spent taking care…
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BR137) “Food 5.0” Book Review
Food 5.0: How We Feed the Future by Robert D. Saik. 3/5 rating. 160 pages. Book #62 of 2020. Read August 30, 2020. This book is about a Wizard (in Charles Mann’s sense) looking at agriculture’s past and future. Robert looks at the past of agriculture (Food 1.0-4.0) and the future of our food at…
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BR104) The Good Food Revolution Book Review
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities by Will Allen. 5/5 rating. Book #29 of 2020. Read May 8, 2020. Just, wow! This book is the incredible story of Will’s life purpose to bring healthy foods to underserved families all around the world, but specifically in his home of Milwaukee. I absolutely…
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BR63) Hot, Flat, and Crowded Book Review
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America by Thomas Friedman. 5/5 rating. Book #138 of 2019. Read December 3, 2019. In a world that is becoming hotter, flatter (in terms of globalization), and more crowded, this should be required reading for every person. This book talks…