Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet
by Smith, Alisa, and MacKinnon, J B, Mr
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0307347338
- ISBN 13
- 9780307347336
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Three Rivers Press, 2008. Softcover. Like New. 5x0x7. The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment.When Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon learned that the average ingredient in a North American meal travels 1,500 miles from farm to plate, they decided to launch a simple experiment to reconnect with the people and places that produced what they ate. For one year, they would only consume food that came from within a 100-mile radius of their Vancouver apartment. The 100-Mile Diet was born.The coupleâs discoveries sometimes shook their resolve. It would be a year without sugar, Cheerios, olive oil, rice, Pizza Pops, beer, and much, much more. Yet local eating has turned out to be a life lesson in pleasures that are always close at hand. They met the revolutionary farmers and modern-day hunter-gatherers who are changing the way we think about food. They got personal with issues ranging from global economics to biodiversity. They called on the wisdom of grandmothers, and immersed themselves in the seasons. They discovered a host of new flavours, from gooseberry wine to sunchokes to turnip sandwiches, foods that they never would have guessed were on their doorstep.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet
- Author
- Smith, Alisa, and MacKinnon, J B, Mr
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307347338
- ISBN 13
- 9780307347336
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 5x0x7
- X weight
- 7 oz
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