I’m winding down Garden, Farming and Food month with my second-last post, this one the sequel to my earlier round-up of the titles you’ll find on the GFF section of my bookshelf. If these descriptions whet your appetite, all title links will lead you back to a more in-depth review and clicking on the title images will bring you back to the publisher’s catalogue page.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
I opened the month with this essential local food memoir by critically acclaimed novelist Kingsolver (with contributions from her husband and daughter). While most people don’t have the freedom or resources of Kingsolver, the life she chooses to live is still something to aspire to, if only in part, and her research and well-reasoned opinions provide much food for thought. I’d still promote Trauma Farm as my locovore/farming gateway drug of choice, but Animal, Vegetable, Miracle also provides a valuable starting point.
Good Food For All: Seasonal Recipes from a Community Garden
This is undoubtedly my favourite cookbook. It is published by (and supports) The Stop, a Toronto community food center that advocates for healthy food as a basic human right. Its two locations support an incredible program that focuses on [...]
