I give it a 'ho-hum'. If I didn't live in Michigan I may have just given it a 'hum...' and if I hadn't ever read any local food memoirs, I may have given it a 'horray'. (did any of that make sense?)

One of many "I switched to eating all local foods and it changed my life" memoirs out there, this one has alot of my home state of Michigan in it. It's nice to see how someone eats locally in the same region as myself.

The writing was fine but I didn't feel alot of sympathy for the writer. She lost her job, got divorced, and was broke, so moved to a small cabin in Michigan and ate locally. Just by her tone (and the fact that she's obviously a semi-crazy-bird-lady) I felt less inclined to believe in her plight. So, while I was interested by the topic I was less engaged by the story.

Half recipes, half memoir, it was good for a library read. I'm glad I didn't buy it. On the other hand, she pointed to a way to get 'cheese scraps' from a local cheesemaker that sent me scurrying for the order button on their website. Cheese = win so overall, I'm glad I picked it up.