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I enjoyed this take on local eating that shows how, even in a small apartment in a northern climate, one can eat locally. I loved the personal insights and farmer portraits. And it made me hungry, which is the best thing I can say about a food book. 😂 Picture is part of our haul from this week‘s farmers market. It‘s winter squash season!

I cannot say enough good about this book. So charming, so fun, so narrative, so warm, inviting and yet it challenges you as well. I look forward to coming back to this one!

First ripe tomato of the season 🍅♥️

#ItTakesAllKinds #FoodOnCvr

Here are a dozen foodie books with #FoodOnCover that I like. There‘s plenty more to choose from but I thought these had a fresh and/or spring-ish vibe. 💛🌱💚

This book covers a year of eating locally grown or sourced food, but I think a lot of people thought like me, Ok, but what happens in winter?!
Read if you‘re curious!

#midwintersolace #naturalitsy @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

This nonfiction book from Barbara Kingsolver will open your eyes to the impact of what you choose to eat. The Kingsolver family moves from Arizona to live on a family farm in Appalachia, and decide to live for a year on locally grown and produced food (with the exception of coffee and chocolate). Daughter Camille,a biology student at Duke, adds sidebars and recipes. Even husband Stephen Hopp adds an occasional sidebar. #bookbinge #includesrecipes

Any sauerkraut makers on Litsy with advice to give? I bought this gorgeous fermenting crock today and I‘m nervously jumping in. #fermenting #locavore

I devoured this book the way my grandson devours broccoli. Lots of useful advice (although more NYC centric than I could have asked) with recipes and resources for further reading. This is one I see myself referring to again and again.

My book club book for April, this memoir of a year of eating locally inspired me to go back to making my own yogurt and today I made a strawberry sauce to flavor it with after strawberries are out of season. I grew up growing our own vegetables and eating beef raised by my grandfather so I should do better about conscious food choices, and Kingsolver has given me the nudge to move in that direction. Starting with strawberry sauce in my freezer.

#TemptingTitles #WithAVeggie