Reviews

The subtitle to this incredible book is ‘How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming’. In these uncertain and often scary times, Hawken, a longtime environmentalist and journalist, writes an original and uplifting book looking at what is right in the world. A beautiful and uplifting book and a must read for anyone wondering whether their small efforts to help change the world are truly making a difference. He cites one of my favorite quotes from John Muir, ?When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe? .

This collection of Tennessee recipes is an easy old-fashioned collection of 300 tried and true Southern foods. Unfortunately, the writers don’t use as much whole food as I’d like to see, but the recipes can easily be converted to use fresh food instead of canned and frozen. They’ve done a nice job of including local Tennessee food festivals. For instance, Bell Buckle’s RC & Moon Pie Festival is combined with a history of the Moon Pie, along with several Moon Pie Recipes (not for the calorie conscience) ? ‘Traditional Microwaved Moon Pie’ anyone? From cornbread and white beans, fried green tomatoes to collard greens and fried chicken, The Tennessee Hometown Cookbook is fun read of our traditional food heritage.

Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen

Food activist Anna Lappe, daughter of Francis Moore Lappe?, and chef Bryant Terry have created a book that doesn’t missing a punch – pointing out the failures of government to keep corporate food and chemical companies from shaping national agriculture policy and prices consumers pay – and give inspiring stories of how farms and communities are making it work. The second half of the book delivers tasty menus that help readers look at food as culture, comfort and expressions of where we are in our lives. This youthful book even gives accompanying music selections to the menu, that highlight Terry’s Afro-Caribbean-Latino experiences.