Zomppa - Food Good, Social Good » Big Kids Books http://www.zomppa.com International food magazine offering a unique international culinary experience for the taste-, Earth-, and community-conscious. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:00:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan http://www.zomppa.com/2011/12/29/the-botany-of-desire-by-michael-pollan/ http://www.zomppa.com/2011/12/29/the-botany-of-desire-by-michael-pollan/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:00:31 +0000 Belinda http://www.zomppa.com/?p=10577

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan

Think humans use plants? Think again: Pollan gives a fascinating look at how four common plants have co-evolutionized with humans.

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The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner

We Zomppas love this book. Another one of those few who really changed how we eat and live about areas around the world with a high concentration of healthy folks over 100.

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Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea by Alice Waters

Alice Waters of Chez Panisse offers a photographic story about the benefits of schoolyard edible gardens.

]]> http://www.zomppa.com/2011/12/26/edible-schoolyard-by-alice-waters/feed/ 0 The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan http://www.zomppa.com/2011/12/23/the-omnivores-dilemma-by-michael-pollan/ http://www.zomppa.com/2011/12/23/the-omnivores-dilemma-by-michael-pollan/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:00:57 +0000 Belinda http://www.zomppa.com/?p=10550

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

The one that seemed to come at the right moment. Clear, compelling, one of those few books that really changed the way I look at food, interact with food, and relate to food. It is a MUST read for anyone who…eats.

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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

Raw foodists might not like his argument, but he has some compelling arguments about how fire and cooked food made humans the way we are today.

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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health by T. Colin Campbell

The groundbreaking research of why the health of the Chinese in China is so different from the Chinese in the U.S. – because of diet.

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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg

A must read for anyone who eats “seafood” or cares about animals or the environment.

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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl

The legendary Ruth Reichl’s intimately joyful memoir about her love of food.

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Examining the global food system, production, distribution, and sales, Patel looks at how inequity of world resources have led to twin problems: obesity epidemic in some parts of the world and starvation in the Global South.

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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

A must read before you eat another fast food anything. Schlosser investigates the fast food industry – backend to frontend , and all in between.

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