Animal, vegetable, miracle :

Kingsolver, Barbara.

Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life / Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver ; original drawings by Richard A. Houser. - 1st Harper Perennial ed. - New York ; Toronto : HarperPerennial, 2008. - 370, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

On cover: P.S. insights, interviews & more.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [364]-370)

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.

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.

9781554681884 (pbk.) 155468188x (pbk.) 9780060852566 0060852569


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.

S521.5.A67 / K56 2008