We think the only thing more fun than preparing and eating amazing food is to read about it! Thus we thought it might be a nice to include some wonderful food-oriented books to explore. So curl up with a hot cup of herb tea and enjoy!
Where Our Food Comes From,
by Gary Paul Nabhan
This is one interesting and compelling book! In
Where Our Food Comes From,
Gary Paul Nabhan retraces Russian botanist Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine. Nabhan mirrors routes that Vavilov took in the 20s and 30s on his search for drought resistant seeds that would help end years of crop failures in his homeland, with stops including Afghanistan, Colombia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, the U.S.A., and many more. The importance of Vavilov's work back then, and in Nabhan's work today, is to highlight the centers of crop diversity that have given us most of the food crops we recognize today. Nabhan's book explains why Vavilov's work from almost 100 years ago is relevant in today's world.
A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove, by Laura Schenone
GREAT BOOK! A stunningly illustrated book that celebrates the power of food throughout American history and in women's lives. Filled with classic recipes and inspirational stories, A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove will make you think twice about the food on your plate.
Here is the first book to recount how American women have gathered, cooked, and prepared food for lovers, strangers, and family, from prehistory to the present day. In the process, we find new appreciation for this most fundamental aspect of women's work -- an epic tale of beauty, oppression, drudgery, and magic. A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove reveals the culinary creativity that connects us all.
We find native women who pried nourishment from the wilderness, mothers who sold biscuits to buy their children's freedom, immigrant wives who cooked old foods in new homes to fortify their families' souls.
