If you are of a certain age, you may remember Francis Moore Lappe’s Diet for a Small Planet, and these books are two sides of the same coin, exploring how what we eat impacts the planet. Moore Lappe inspired the counter-culture kitchen; in this book, Otter describes the systems and motivations behind our global food chain. You’ll never look at a package of cookies the same way again!
CHoW is off for the summer, but we’re already lining up a great slate of speakers for our 2021-2022 season, including John Birdsall, author of the new James Beard biography, The Man Who Ate Too Much
See you in September!
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