Sara's review
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
by Alisa Smith, J.B. Mackinnon
Sara's review
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith, J.B. Mackinnon
Sara's review
rating:
bookshelves:
food,
memoir-biography,
nonfiction
recommended for: foodies, locavores, anyone interested in reducing their impact
This memoir of this couple's experience eating only foods grown within 100 miles of their home did a great job explaining the challenges and the rewards of their decision.
I couldn't imagine this 100-mile diet being very easy to accomplish and I was glad to read that at times, the practicioners didn't either. Their epic struggle to locate local wheat, for example, or the potato-closet-ajar crisis seemed like easily unforeseen issues. It was nice that they lived their lives as much as normal as they could, that they noticed and noted when their diet changed their normal habits so that at the end, there wasn't a big "TA-DA! See? There's nothing to it! Jump on board!"
Both of the authors are journalists and I liked that they alternated writing chapters. It was refreshing to see things from both sides, one gung-ho, the other craving pineapple, etc and to watch those alternate viewpoints progress.
This was an easy read that definitely piques one's curiosity of maki...more
I couldn't imagine this 100-mile diet being very easy to accomplish and I was glad to read that at times, the practicioners didn't either. Their epic struggle to locate local wheat, for example, or the potato-closet-ajar crisis seemed like easily unforeseen issues. It was nice that they lived their lives as much as normal as they could, that they noticed and noted when their diet changed their normal habits so that at the end, there wasn't a big "TA-DA! See? There's nothing to it! Jump on board!"
Both of the authors are journalists and I liked that they alternated writing chapters. It was refreshing to see things from both sides, one gung-ho, the other craving pineapple, etc and to watch those alternate viewpoints progress.
This was an easy read that definitely piques one's curiosity of maki...more
