Seeing Red

In: Noteworthy

24 May 2007

Seeing Red: Eating Locally and Debunking the Red-Blue Divide by Barbara Kingsolver

Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.

Update: sorry I forgot to thank anna banana for the link. :o]

  • http://fifteeenminutes.blogspot.com anna banana

    that line totally hit me, too. also the line about the first tomato of the season bring her to her knees.

    a beautiful essay.

  • lavonne

    I love her writing. Did you read The Poisonwood Bible? Wonderful book.

  • http://fifteeenminutes.blogspot.com anna banana

    i haven’t read the Poisonwood Bible yet. my girlfriend read it a year or two ago and loved it to bits. and she doesn’t like reading fiction so it must be good!

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