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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Creators: Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingslover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 3866
Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0571233570
EAN: 9780571233571
ASIN: 0571233570
Publication Date: April 3, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Inspiring September 3, 2007
Holly Cottage (Wiltshire, UK)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've never felt moved enough to review a book before but this one is outstanding. It's such a wonderful mix of fact, story-telling and delicious recipes that you can't fail to find something to interest you. The story had me gripped all the way, and I'll never look at a turkey quite the same way again! I'll be making a far greater effort to shop locally from now on. I'm already finding myself rather overwhelmed and slightly horrified by a trip to Tesco. Be warned, once you start on this your life is going to change :-)
Local is possible July 4, 2007
Friederike Knabe (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
What a delightful book this is! It is about food, of course, but also about much more. Kingsolver very skilfully combines an entertaining memoir of her family's year of living on local provisions, mostly home grown on their farm in southern Appalachia, with humorous and serious reflections on rural life, the food industry, the environment, health and local farmers' economics. Given her science background and success as a fiction writer, she is best placed to captivate her audiences.
Roughly following a monthly rhythm, we learn what crops to plant and when, how to mix and match what grows best together in the fields and how to deal with the vegetable abundance at one time or another. She shares the ups and downs of yearlong fieldwork in a personal and charming way that even non-gardeners will enjoy the walk. There are birds to observe, chickens to raise and Bourbon Red heritage turkeys to nurture without being adopted as the mother hen. Kingsolver and her family literally dig in to realize the growing plans they had made to ensure feeding themselves throughout the year. The periods of abundance when canning and drying and other methods of preservation become essential, are followed by less rich harvest when they have to rely on the pantry and eat what they have saved. For one month the kitchen may be covered in red: it's tomato season, another one in green when the surplus of zucchini results in experimenting with daily new recipes. Daughter Camille brings to book and the table a delightful range of easy to follow recipes that celebrate the fresh produce from their garden and fields. She also adds her own personal touch with reflections of a young person experience on family life on a farm. Friends, neighbours and the local farmers' market play an important role in any hobby farmer's life. There are produce to exchange or buy and there are experiences and lessons learned to be shared. The values of family togetherness and neighbourly community take center stage in the description of their experience. Without these ingredients, the experiment would probably not have succeeded.
While describing the ups and down of living through the year on their farm with wit and warmth, both Kingsolver and husband Hopp address some serious questions regarding the food we choose to eat. Issues range from protection local seeds and biodiversity to industrialization of our food system and the environment impacts that we are facing today and in the future. We also are encouraged to ask ourselves some fundamental questions about our own approach to food, where it comes from, how far it traveled to reach us, and how we make important economic and environmental as well as health choices every day. References to reading sources and useful organizations as well as a website with all the recipes and more complement the book. It should be widely read and enjoyed. [Friederike Knabe]
Thank you Barbara June 7, 2007
Alain Karmitz (France)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Written in her beautiful and often humorous style, Barbara and her equally eloquent daughter are able to inspire and touch us to live better. Supported by her husband's well-documented facts revealing the truth about the shocking history and current practices of American commercial farming. Barbara's ordinary American family were able to sacrifice and make changes in their lives which in turn improved their own lives and helped make the planet a better place. A model for any family, they are living testimonies that we can do it!
an exuberant inspiring book November 30, 2007
P. Miller (london uk)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although the context is North American, and very different from Britain, nevertheless this exuberant tale of growing, preserving, and eating locally grown and home grown food is inspiring. Immense hard work, a determination to stick to the principle come what may ( such as what fruit can you get in february - oh yes, rhubarb! ) and an immensely cheerful disposition gets this family through.We also learn disturbing facts about commercial food production, at least in the States. A wonderful, inspiring book.
FAB BUT BUY THE HARDBACK ! April 15, 2008
I read lots (Wales)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent, informative book - very good at explaining scientific backgounds to issues. (Kingsolver and husband are both scientists.) Not what I was expecting. I probably expected jolly year-in-the-life-of, and that is there, but also so much more. As an example, regarding knowing what veg are in season & when - other books provide plenty of lists, but this explains in a way that makes you understand. Very well written, laugh aloud funny in parts, I just wish I'd bought the hardback because I know I will want to keep it to refer to again, or lend to friends, but also because I found the paperback needed constant pressure to keep it open, especially when reading the inside of the left- hand page. Annoying! For a few extra pounds get the handback - it's worth it.
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