Unprocessed - My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food

In the tradition of Michael Pollan's bestselling In Defense of Food comes this remarkable chronicle, from a founding editor of Edible Baja Arizona , of a young woman's year-long journey of eating only whole, unprocessed foods--intertwined with a journalistic exploration of what "unprocessed" really means, why it matters, and how to afford it. 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--and including tips on how to ditch processed food and transition to a real-food lifestyle-- 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.

Product details

• Authors: Megan Kimble
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.06.2015
• EAN: 9780062382467
• ISBN: 978-0-06-238246-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 205 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Theme cookery books; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Happiness, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Memory Improvement, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diet & Nutrition / Diets, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Medical (incl. Patients), COOKING: Essays & Narratives, COOKING: Specific Ingredients / Natural Foods, COOKING: Reference, HEALTH & FITNESS: Diet & Nutrition / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Reference