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Recent Book Reviews
- The Green Foodprint
- Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
- The Spirit’s Pilgrimage
- The 100 Thing Challenge
- EcoMind
- Beyond Religion
- Plenitude
- Whitewash
- Just Food
- Vegan’s Daily Companion
- The Party’s Over
- The World Peace Diet
- The Ten Trusts
- On a Dollar a Day
- The Engine 2 Diet
- The Life You Can Save
- How to Eat Like A Vegetarian Even If You Never Want to Be One
- Vice Cream: Gourmet Vegan Desserts
- The New Good Life
- The Empathic Civilization
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
- Eating Animals
- The China Study
Categories
- Animal Issues (2)
- Biography (1)
- Environment (5)
- Food Issues (7)
- Health and nutrition (5)
- Nonviolence (1)
- Psychology (3)
- Simple Living (2)
- Social Issues (10)
- Spirituality (3)
- Veganism (2)
Category Archives: Food Issues
The Green Foodprint
Everything you could want to know about the environmental impact of your food choices is gathered here in a well-organized and reader-friendly format. You can dip into it anywhere and learn something. Each topic ends with “What You Can Do” … Continue reading
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On a Dollar a Day
On a Dollar a Day: One Couple’s Unlikely Adventures in Eating in America, by Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard. Hyperion, 2010. I always enjoy reading about people who care enough to look closely at their values and how well they … Continue reading
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The Engine 2 Diet
The Engine 2 Diet, by Rip Esselstyn. Wellness Central, 2009. Watch video and learn more: engine2diet.com. In case there is any lingering doubt that veganism is for guys—and not only average guys, but tough athletic guys–here’s a book to dispel … Continue reading
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How to Eat Like A Vegetarian Even If You Never Want to Be One
How to Eat Like A Vegetarian Even If You Never Want to Be One, by Carol J. Adams and Patti Breitman. Lantern Books, 2008. If you’re looking for a book to help yourself or others who are new to preparing … Continue reading
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Vice Cream: Gourmet Vegan Desserts
Vice Cream: Gourmet Vegan Desserts, by Jeff Rogers. Ten Speed/Celestial Arts, 2004. I’m writing this in the hottest part of the summer, and wish I could serve you some of Rogers’ delicious vegan ice creams. I’ve tried two so far: … Continue reading
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The New Good Life
The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less, by John Robbins. Ballantine Books, 2010. Robbins attained fame as an author with his book Diet for a New America. Here his scope has widened beyond food … Continue reading
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Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism, by Melanie Joy. Conari Press, 2009. Ideally qualified to investigate the mindset that permits humans to mistreat and eat so-called “food” animals while lavishing love and expensive … Continue reading
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