Tag: food

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swenson #1) by Joanne Fluke
Aug 19

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swenson #1) by Joanne Fluke

2 stars I currently work in a library and this series is quite popular among our patrons. Though I haven’t read many cozy mysteries, I wanted to see what it was all about. There were a lot of cringey moments with bad writing, overly detailed scenes, terrible police work, unethical vigilantism, talking down to the…

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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Mar 12

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

4 stars A fantastic look into modern food industries told in three parts. Each represents a way of obtaining food by following a specific source. Corn represents the industrial food complex, touching on corn surplus, monocultures, subsidies, health effects, the co-evolution of plants and humans, and concentrated animal feeding operations. Next is the pastoral view,…

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