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Author Kingsolver, Barbara.

Title Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life / Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver ; original drawings by Richard A. Houser
Edition First Harper Perennial edition
Published New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 2007
New York ; Toronto : HarperPerennial, 2008

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 MELB  641.0973 Kin/Avm  AVAILABLE
Description 370 pages, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents 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
Summary 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
Notes On cover: P.S. insights, interviews & more
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-370)
Performer Read by authors
Subject Hopp, Steven L., 1954-
Kingsolver, Barbara, author
Kingsolver, Barbara.
Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Anecdotes.
Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Anecdotes.
Farm life -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Anecdotes.
Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Anecdotes.
Gardening.
Agriculture.
Feeding Behavior.
SUBJECT Appalachian Region. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001061
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Author Hopp, Steven L., 1954-
Kingsolver, Camille, 1987-
LC no. 2006053516
ISBN 0060852550
0060852569
155468188X
9780060852559
9780060852566
9781554681884