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Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life  Cover Image Book Book

Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life / Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver ; original drawings by Richard A. Houser.

Kingsolver, Barbara. (Author). Hopp, Steven L., 1954- (Added Author). Kingsolver, Camille, 1987- (Added Author).

Summary:

Follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally- and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781554681884 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 155468188X (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780060852566
  • ISBN: 0060852569
  • Physical Description: 370, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
  • Publisher: New York ; HarperPerennial, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
On cover: P.S. insights, interviews & more.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [364]-370).
Formatted Contents Note:
Called home -- Waiting for asparagus: late March -- Springing forward -- Stalking the vegetannual -- Molly mooching: April -- The birds and the bees -- Gratitude: May -- Growing trust: mid-June -- Six impossible things before breakfast: late June -- Eating neighborly: late June -- Slow food nations: late June -- Zucchini larceny: July -- Life in a red state: August -- You can't run away on harvest day: September -- Where fish wear crowns: September -- Smashing pumpkins: October -- Celebration days: November-December -- What do you eat in January? -- Hungry month: February-March -- Time begins.
Subject: Kingsolver, Barbara.
Hopp, Steven L., 1954-
Farm life > Appalachian Region, Southern > Anecdotes.
Country life > Appalachian Region, Southern > Anecdotes.
Agriculture > Appalachian Region, Southern > Anecdotes.
Food habits > Appalachian Region, Southern > Anecdotes.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library System.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library 641.0973 KINGSOLV 2008 39851001141333 Non-fiction Copy hold Available -


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