| Unprocessed Lib/E: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food Contributor(s): Kimble, Megan (Author), Mollo-Christensen, Sarah (Read by) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798200351176 Publisher: Tantor Audio OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Cooking & Food |
| Dewey: 394.120 |
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| Publisher Description: In January of 2012, Megan Kimble was a twenty-six-year-old living in a small apartment without even a garden plot to her name. But she cared about where food came from, how it was made, and what it did to her body: so she decided to go an entire year without eating processed foods. Unprocessed is the narrative of Megan's extraordinary year, in which she milled wheat, extracted salt from the sea, milked a goat, slaughtered a sheep, and more--all while earning an income that fell well below the federal poverty line. What makes a food processed? As Megan would soon realize, the answer to that question went far beyond cutting out snacks and sodas, and became a fascinating journey through America's food system, past and present. She learned how wheat became white; how fresh produce was globalized and animals industrialized. But she also discovered that in daily life, as she attempted to balance her project with a normal social life--which included dating--the question of what made a food processed was inextricably tied to gender and economy, politics and money, work and play. Backed by extensive research and wide-ranging interviews, Unprocessed offers provocative insights not only on the process of food, but also the processes that shape our habits, communities, and day-to-day lives. |