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Eating For Beginners: An Education In The Pleasures Of Food From Chefs, Farmers, And One Picky Kid (2010)

by Melanie Rehak(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

015101437X (ISBN13: 9780151014378)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: This book could be subtitled "The Omnivore's Dilemma Part 2: Sometimes Even Organic Farmers Eat Chicken Nuggets!". Although I was hoping for more parenting tips (a la "Bringing up Bébé"), it was nice to read a book that manages to praise and encourage purchasing local food while not condemning you for sometimes needing to do otherwise. Rehak also visits some areas Pollen didn't touch on in his book (for example, cheesemaking and commercial fishing) so it was a nice complement.
review 2: A memoir that combines a parenting and food focus. This turns out to be just my style. I loved both Rehak's stories of cooking in the kitchen at applewood (and her field trips) and the interspersed bits about her finicky toddler. Though a couple of recipes are included at the... more end of each chapter, this isn't really a cookbook, nor should you expect statistics and footnotes. This definitely belongs in the memoir category--she spent a year working out her own family's best choices for local/organic/sustainable food...or not, and wrote a book about it. less

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