eat make read

I’ve been a little slack when it comes to writing about reading. But don’t you fret, I’ve been reading away for the past month or so and I have a few good books to tell you about.

Omnivore’s Dilemma is one of those book that I always picked up at the bookstore but always carefully put it back on the shelf before it leaving. It just seemed too intimidating. I mean, do I really want to know all that stuff about my food? Am I really ready to contemplate the lifecyle of each ingredient of my dinner each night? These are the questions that ran through my head each time I looked at that dang book. But then my friend was reading it and had really good things to say about it. So I took the leap and I’m glad I did.

I find the things I was worried about knowing, such as the way my food is treated before it gets to my plate, whether it be an animal or a vegetable, are things I’m really glad to know more about. The book is divided into three sections, the first being industrial farming where he sees the life cycle of corn, something I’d never given a ton of though to. In second section he looks into organic farming and exactly what “organic” means these days. The last section follows the author as he makes the meal of his life, hunting or growing each element of the meal.

I think what I liked best about the book is that it made me stop reading and contemplate what is being said. It put things into perspective that I’ve never really given that much time to. I think you’ll be happy you read it. I am.