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  Eat your Weeds! - with 90...

  Julie Bruton-Seal, Matthew Seal

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  Why should we eat our weeds? Because they are delicious, they're nutritious, they're too good to waste. And they're free!
  
  
  This is more than just a recipe book, more than a foraging book. Professional herbalist and best-selling author Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal have both shared their expertise in Eat your Weeds! to give us the fascinating background to these overlooked wild plants, their historic uses, their medicinal benefits today and their culinary delights.
  
  
  Weeds are amazing beings that we have failed to see and failed to eat. But with these 90 delicious plant-based recipes, that is about to end.

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  The Good Eater - A Vegan’s...

  Nina Guilbeault

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  For years, there has been no doubt that widespread consumption of meat is both environmentally destructive and morally dubious. A growing chorus of scientists, health experts, and activists champion the benefits of a plant-based diet. Nevertheless, change has been slow to arrive, and the chasm between our appetites and our collective well-being seems impossibly vast. We know we must transition to a more plant-based world. But what would such a world look like, and how do we realistically get there? 
   
   
   
  One group of people has been grappling with this question for decades: vegans. Once mocked for its hempy puritanism, the vegan movement has grown into a veritable cultural juggernaut. Yet visions of what our food system should look like continue to conflict. Is the healthful vegan lifestyle appealing—or alienating? Are high-tech meat alternatives merely a repeat performance of harmful fast-food values? Is modern veganism itself misguided—a wrong answer to the right questions? 
   
   
   
  In The Good Eater, Harvard-trained sociologist (and vegan) Nina Guilbeault, PhD, vividly explores the movement's history and its present-day tensions by grappling with the most fundamental question of all: Is there a truly ethical way to eat? What emerges is a fascinating portrait of how social change happens, with profound implications for our plates-and our planet.

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  The Power Foods Diet - The...

  Neal Barnard, Dustin Harder,...

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  From a leading nutrition researcher, this diet book offers easy to follow guidance and meal plans so you can lose the weight and keep it off—without depriving yourself the way other diets require. As a society, we keep looking for ways to lose weight—preferably ones that are simple, effective, and permanent. When properly  chosen, certain foods cause weight loss, with no need for the restriction and planning that most weight-loss regimens require.   In The Power Foods Diet, Dr. Neal Barnard reveals three breakthroughs that are supported by research, revealing that certain foods:  1.  Reduce the appetite  2.  Trap calories so they are flushed away and cannot be absorbed 3.  Increase the body’s ability to burn calories for three hours after meals.   These breakthroughs make weight loss incredibly easy, without calorie counting or deprivation. Dr. Barnard also reveals that some of the foods we think are good for us can actually be harmful, like salmon, goat cheese, and coconut oil, all of which pass easily into body fat and often overstay their welcome. The Power Foods Diet will help you to eat delicious foods and simultaneously lose weight. Dr. Barnard includes a simple to follow meal plan that includes delicious, and even indulgent recipes that include foods we have often been told to avoid, so you can eat real food, and still lose real weight.

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  Summer Fruit Pastries

  Ryland Peters & Small

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  Create a summery atmosphere with these fail-safe, deliciously fruity pastries for all occasions.
  
  On a summer's day, there is perhaps nothing more appealing and indulgent than a bite-size fruit pastry or tart. Whether you're tucking into a zingy lemon tartlet or a classic strawberry cream puff, these recipes provide perfectly delectable offerings that celebrate all manor of fresh and seasonal summer fruits. Recipes include everything from small treats to pair with an iced tea or chilled glass of lemonade to larger bakes to share with friends at a BBQ or garden party. Choose from elegant treats such as Fresh Fruit Eclairs and Blueberry and Summer Berry Mini Galettes, or impress with larger offerings, such as Hazelnut and Apple Frangipane Tart and Raspberry Choux Ring. Wherever your sweet tooth sends, these bakes are the perfect way to satisfy your craving for indulgence in the warmer months of the year.

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  Finding Meaning in Wine - A US...

  Michael Sinowitz

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  This book examines controversies in American wine culture and how those controversies intersect with and illuminate current academic and cultural debates about the environment and about interpretation. 
   
   
   
  With a specific focus on the United States of America, the methods that we use to discuss literature and other art are applied to wine-making and wine culture. The book explores the debates about how to evaluate wine and the problems inherent in numerical scoring as well as evaluative tasting notes, whether winemakers can be artists, the discourse in wine culture involving natural wine and biodynamic farming, as well as how people judge what makes a wine great. These interpretative commitments illuminate an underlying metaphysics and allegiance to a culture of reason or feeling. The discussions engage with a broad range of writers and thinkers, such as Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, Louis Menand, Michael Pollan, Greg Garrard, John Guillory, Amitov Ghosh, Pierre Bourdieu, and Barbara Herrnstein-Smith. The book draws upon not only a number of texts produced by wine critics, wine writers, literary critics, and theorists but also extensive interviews with wine writers and multiple California winemakers. These interviews contribute to a unique reflection on wine and meaning.

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  Vegetarian Made Easy

  Santiago Machain

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  This book is a foundational cookbook designed for those exploring a plant-based lifestyle or looking to add more vegetarian dishes into their daily meals. This book takes you through a wide range of versatile, accessible recipes that are as nutritious as they are flavorful, from satisfying breakfasts and hearty weeknight dinners to quick salads and snacks. Each chapter is carefully crafted to simplify vegetarian cooking, empowering beginners with essential techniques, easy-to-find ingredients, and practical tips for making wholesome, tasty meals every day. Perfect for novice cooks or seasoned chefs wanting a reliable collection of plant-based staples, this book transforms simple ingredients into delicious vegetarian dishes that everyone will enjoy.

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