Jun. 23, 2008 - What you should be reading.
Would you take a moment to share your favorite read(s) lately?
My recommendations:
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollen. Ya gotta love a guy who writes a NY Times magazine article which begins: Eat Food. Mostly Plants. Not too much. and then expands it into a 10 page article. Well, now he's expanded it into a 200 some odd page book and it is fascinating and funny. This one will have you running to order your Community Supported Agriculture food.
Farewell, My Subaru by Doug Fine. I hesitate to recommend this one, just a teensy bit. Some of you will be offended by it. There is lots of Bush bashing that one has to overlook (some of you will cheer; I had to overlook). And the guy sleeps around, though he spares us the details. But for the conservative Christians amongst us (myself included), it would be a mistake to skip this book entirely. First off, any author who begins his book with back to back quotes from Bill Bryson (my most favorite author on the whole planet) and Homer Simpson is probably going to be a bit funny. Second, the topic--"An Epic Adventure in Local Living" is a challenge to all of us seeking to live lightly upon the earth.
I guess I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention the Mennonite cookbook
"More with Less." 2/3 cookbook, 1/3 Christian perspective on the moral dimension of our food choices. I forget the specific author but it is a classic.
Can you all see where my mind has been lately? On my stomach!
Blessings, Holly
