Slow Books: The Cooking Gene

Slow Books: The Cooking Gene We have two places open for the next meeting of Slow Books. Please join us! Tuesday, September 5, 6-8 pm Cloverdale For this meeting, we are reading The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty. Our meetings include a discussion of […]

Slow Books: The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World

Although the Slow Books meet-up is currently full, you can join us in reading this month's selection. The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little In the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution, an environmental journalist and professor asks the question: Is the future of food […]

Slow Books: How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher

Although the Slow Books meet-up is currently full, you can join us in reading this month’s selection. Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartime shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table. M. F. K. Fisher […]

Slow Books: Endangered Eating by Sarah Lohman

2018 James Beard Award Winner: Best American Cookbook Named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2017 by NPR, The Village Voice, Smithsonian Magazine, UPROXX, New York Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Mpls. St. PaulMagazine and others Here is real food—our indigenous American fruits and vegetables, the wild and foraged ingredients, game and fish. Locally sourced, seasonal, “clean” ingredients and nose-to-tail cooking are nothing new to […]