Author: Kevin D. Walker
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2019-03-26
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1610919475
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When it comes to food, Americans seem to have a pretty great deal. Our grocery stores are overflowing with countless varieties of convenient products. But like most bargains that are too good to be true, the modern food system relies on an illusion. It depends on endless abundance, but the planet has its limits. So too does a healthcare system that must absorb rising rates of diabetes and obesity. So too do the workers who must labor harder and faster for less pay. Through beautifully-told stories from around the world, Kevin Walker reveals the unintended consequences of our myopic focus on quantity over quality. A trip to a Costa Rica plantation shows how the Cavendish banana became the most common fruit in the world and also one of the most vulnerable to disease. Walker’s early career in agribusiness taught him how pressure to sell more and more fertilizer obscured what that growth did to waterways. His family farm illustrates how an unquestioning belief in “free markets” undercut opportunity in his hometown. By the end of the journey, we not only understand how the drive to produce ever more food became hardwired into the American psyche, but why shifting our mindset is essential. It starts, Walker argues, with remembering that what we eat affects the wider world. If each of us decides that bigger isn’t always better, we can renegotiate the grand food bargain, one individual decision at a time.
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. Marketing Economics Division
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leanne Brown
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Published: 2015-07-14
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0761184171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A perfect and irresistible idea: A cookbook filled with delicious, healthful recipes created for everyone on a tight budget. While studying food policy as a master’s candidate at NYU, Leanne Brown asked a simple yet critical question: How well can a person eat on the $4 a day given by SNAP, the U.S. government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program informally known as food stamps? The answer is surprisingly well: Broiled Tilapia with Lime, Spicy Pulled Pork, Green Chile and Cheddar Quesadillas, Vegetable Jambalaya, Beet and Chickpea Salad—even desserts like Coconut Chocolate Cookies and Peach Coffee Cake. In addition to creating nutritious recipes that maximize every ingredient and use economical cooking methods, Ms. Brown gives tips on shopping; on creating pantry basics; on mastering certain staples—pizza dough, flour tortillas—and saucy extras that make everything taste better, like spice oil and tzatziki; and how to make fundamentally smart, healthful food choices. The idea for Good and Cheap is already proving itself. The author launched a Kickstarter campaign to self-publish and fund the buy one/give one model. Hundreds of thousands of viewers watched her video and donated $145,000, and national media are paying attention. Even high-profile chefs and food writers have taken note—like Mark Bittman, who retweeted the link to the campaign; Francis Lam, who called it “Terrific!”; and Michael Pollan, who cited it as a “cool kickstarter.” In the same way that TOMS turned inexpensive, stylish shoes into a larger do-good movement, Good and Cheap is poised to become a cookbook that every food lover with a conscience will embrace.
Author: Beverly Mills
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780761131762
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The creators of Desperation Dinners! explain how to save time and money in the kitchen with 275 delicious recipes that are quick and easy to prepare, economical, healthy, and family friendly, and include helpful tips on stocking the pantry, shopping, menu planning, creating one's own convenience items, food substitutions, and cooking techniques. Simultaneous.
Author: National Association of Food Chains (U.S.)
Publisher:
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a transcription of a presentation from the 24th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Food Chains in Washington on October 21, 1957. This event was the first time every segment of the food industry - farmer, processor, shipper, wholesaler, chain and independent distributor - ever assembled in one place to tell their story at one time. From this discussion, it is hoped that every American consumer will be interested to know that the nation's largest industry is working to make and keep food the bargain it is today."
Author: Good Food Guides
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011-11-30
Total Pages: 1116
ISBN-13: 1446416844
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this authoritative cookbook from Britain's favourite cookery magazine, you will discover over 650 recipes divided by ingredient and occasion to help you find the perfect recipe with ease. But this is more than just a recipe collection - this book also includes Good Food's expert knowledge of ingredients and cooking hints and tips, to make it an invaluable source of inspiration and advice. This is an essential reference guide, including easy-to-follow instructions on topics such as how to cook different cuts of meat, knife skills and how to entertain without stress. There are also step-by-step masterclasses in techniques such as preparing squid, making fresh ravioli from scratch and making bread and pastry. With hundreds of recipes for everyday meals as well as weekend feasts, for when you have a little more time to spend in the kitchen, sections focused on making special occasions stress-free, a whole chapter on Christmas cooking and a chapter dedicated to feeding crowds all with step-by-step methods, nutritional breakdowns and full-colour photography, The Good Food Cook Book is the perfect gift and a book to treasure and return to, year after year.
Author: Calvin W. Schwabe
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780813911625
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes recipes for cooking horse meat, goats, dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, hares, squirrels, turtles, snakes, eels, sharks, frogs, and insects, among other unusual food sources.
Author: Juha Öörni
Publisher: Juha Öörni via PublishDrive
Published: 2017-10-16
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →So you went to get eggs from the grocery store and an hour later, you are loaded with bags of grocery that you had no idea you needed. Also, your wallet is lighter and bank balance an inch closer to the red. If you have so far been sleepwalking through grocery shopping trips, without a plan or purpose, then this book is for you! Author of Grocery Shopping Guide: How To Save Money On Grocery Shopping, Juha Öörni likes to think of it as an art; an art that has everything to do with how food ends up in pantry and money in your bank. It all starts with you and slight strategic change of approach to the ordinary task of grocery shopping. In this book, you will find tried and tested strategies to improve your supermarket game plan, all the way from haphazard to on point. This easy to read handy book helps you with: HOW TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING ON A BUDGET REASONS TO MAKE USE OF A GROCERY SHOPPING LIST HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON GROCERIES GROCERY SHOPPING STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE TO SHOP HOW TO MAKE GROCERY SHOPPING EASIER Good Health and wealth is a journey that starts at the grocery store, as you will soon come to agree with the rich information that this book will supply you with. Happy shopping!