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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.) Review

I really wanted to like this book. I liked the Poisonwood Bible, I like to grow vegetables, I shop at the farmer's market, and I have joined a CSA. It is, therefore, with a sense of disappointment that I write this review. The narrative elements, with stories of raising chickens, breeding turkeys, and feeding friends and family, were all enjoyable. If only the author could have gotten over herself and her vegetable adventure.
First, for two individuals with training in science, the author and her husband supply appallingly little documentation for all of the "facts" they dispense about the costs and hazards of modern agriculture. Just one reference would have been helpful - at least I would have known that they tried, rather then just relied on rumor and hearsay. They may be correct, but any scientist will tell you that unsupported data is no data at all. Secondly, the occasional jabs at both American culture and religion frankly had the effect of making me dislike the author, as she chose to insult a large part of who I, and many of those I associate with, am.
To say that the United States has no unified food culture is disingenuous at best. Given that most Americans trace their heritage to somewhere else, it is not surprising that they don't all share a similar culinary heritage. During our family's trips to Italy, we have thoroughly enjoyed the local cuisine, but while the depth may be great, the breadth is much more restricted. That's great in Italy. When I go to New York or Dallas or San Francisco, I have the option to try many, many different cultures' foods, and sometimes a creative blending of more than one. That IS our food culture, not some monolithic "fast food nation."
In summary, this book was a chance to talk about the opportunities that growing-your-own and locally grown food present, but the author let her own petty gripes get in the way and left a bad taste in this reader's mouth.

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