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Constant Chatter Shopping Center - Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
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List Price: $18.95
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Manufacturer: Tarcher
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.302
EAN: 9781585424597
ISBN: 1585424595
Label: Tarcher
Manufacturer: Tarcher
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2006-04-06
Publisher: Tarcher
Studio: Tarcher
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Editorial Reviews:
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A savvy and practical guide to organic eating for urban dwellers.
In the past few years, organic food has moved out of the patchouli-scented aisles of hippie food co-ops and into three-quarters of conventional grocery stores. Concurrent with this growth has been increased consumer awareness of the social and health-related issues around organic eating, independent farming, and food production.
Combining a straight-to-the-point exposé about organic foods (organic doesn't mean fresh, natural, or independently produced) and the how-to's of creating an affordable, easy-touse organic kitchen, Grub brings organics home to urban dwellers. It gives the reader compelling arguments for buying organic food, revealing the pesticide industry's influence on government regulation and the extent of its pollution in our waterways and bodies.
With an inviting recipe section, Grub also offers the millions of people who buy organics fresh ideas and easy ways to cook with them. Grub's recipes, twenty-four meals oriented around the seasons, appeal to eighteen- to forty-year-olds who are looking for fun and simple meals. In addition, the book features resource lists (including music playlists to cook by), unusual and illuminating graphics, and every variety of do-it yourself tip sheets, charts, and checklists.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Only one complaint
Comment: First of all, I would like to say that I simply adore the recipes in this book. I do consider most of them to be "special occasion" food, since I can't always afford some of the ingredients, but it's good to have fancy food every now and then.
My only complaint with this book is that the authors seem to show contempt for anyone who follows a specific lifestyle or diet. As a dedicated vegan myself, I choose not to eat animal products as part of my effort to not support the meat industry or the suffering of other living things. So, when the authors gave examples of "vegans" sneaking cheese, or "vegetarians" sneaking seafood, that seems unfair. Obviously these "vegans" and "vegetarians" are not in fact what they say they are. That doesn't mean that every veg-head out there is a hypocrite who's to weak to "do without".
If the book didn't have that snide little comment, I'd give it 5 stars. But buy it for the recipes anyways!! Yum!
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Summary: Learn what's really going on!
Comment: If you're like me and just getting a clue that something's amiss in our food chain and only now realizing big business has dollars instead of nutrition in mind when creating new foods, then this book helps you explain why and how that happened. Plus, you can give family and friends ideas about what to do about it - and that's only in the first half of this concise and clear read. With the second half, you can create a great meal. Organized around the way many of us cook these days - for others and for a party - the recipes are a step up from your average fare but not so complex that they can't be delicious on the first try. I highly recommend its smarts and strong flavors!
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Summary: Very well written
Comment: This book is extremely well written, it was able to hold the attention of someone not in the field of nutrition/food systems (such as my husband who develops software) and captured me from the opening paragraph. I work in food systems and am very familiar with the issues Anna writes about. I appreciate all the research that went into writing this book, the detailed fact checking and the beautiful recipes developed to accompany it. I was educated, enlightened and exposed to new music artists all at the same time while reading this book--what more could I ask for?
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Summary: Great recipes! Very Informative!
Comment: I really liked this book. The recipes are healthy, easy to prepare and delicious!!!
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Summary: It left me wanting more great recipes
Comment: Just like food - this book allows you to really get into it and enjoy it to the fullest, from the information to the recipes!
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