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Something about this book hit a lot of emotional notes for me-- I found myself nearly in tears more than once listening to it as I drove to and from work. Something about the deeply ingrained need for the comforts of home underpins this exploration of food and food culture in the United States (a broken, horrifying system), and elsewhere, and one family's experiment in local food as a way to take control of their place in that cycle-- ultimately, out of it.
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yet another local eating book. apparently my aim is to read the entire canon. i enjoyed kingsolver's prose quite a lot. the data i pretty much already know, but she is a good storyteller. maybe after this i'll finally get around to reading one of her novels. also, this book made me want to make cheese.
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