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  • Real Pigs

    Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork

    by Brad Weiss ...
    In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers, and chefs through the process of breeding, raising, butchering, selling, and preparing pigs raised on ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Making and Unmaking of the Haya Lived World

    Consumption, Commoditization, and Everyday Practice

    by Brad Weiss ...
    Series series Body, commodity, text
    At the center of this subtle ethnographic account of the Haya communities of Northwest Tanzania is the idea of a lived world as both the product and the producer of everyday practices. Drawing on his experience living with the Haya, Brad Weiss explores Haya ways of constructing and inhabiting their community, and examines the forces that shape and transform these practices over time. In particular ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Butcher's Guide to Well-Raised Meat

    How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More: A Cookbook

    The definitive guide to buying, cutting, and cooking local and sustainable meats, from the owners of Applestone Meat Company and the founders of Fleisher’s Grass-Fed and Organic MeatsThe butcher has reemerged in American culture as an essential guide in avoiding the evils of industrial meat—which not only tastes bad, but is also bad for one’s health and for the environment. Joshua and Jessica ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Ethics of What We Eat

    Why Our Food Choices Matter

    Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it is produced, and whether it was raised humanely.The Ethics of What We Eat explores the impact our food choices have on humans, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Handful of Hard Men

    The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia

    A biography of a Special Forces soldier who battled the forces of Mugabe and Nkomo, earning a reputation as a military maestro.During the West's great transition into the post-colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s, fought back almost alone against Communist-supported elements that it did not believe would deliver proper governance. During this ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Secret Ingredients

    The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink

    Edited by David Remnick ...
    The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writing–food and drink memoirs, short stories, tell-alls, and poems, seasoned with a generous dash of cartoons.“To read this sparely elegant, moving portrait is to remember that writing well about food is really no different from writing well about life.”—Saveur (Ten Best Books of the Year)Since its earliest days, The New Yorker has been a tastemaker ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • How To Make Your Own Sausages (Short-e Guide)

    by Paul Peacock ...
    Series series Short-e Guides
    How to make your own sausagesThis book provides step-by-step instructions for making your own sausages. You’ll discover what sausage-making equipment you’ll need and which sausage skins to use. As well as providing a basic sausage recipe it also includes recipes for Cumberland, Lincolnshire and Irish sausages, pork and apple sausages, beef and onion sausages, garlic cheese sausages and even ... Read more

    $1.33 USD

  • Tinderbox

    How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It

    In this groundbreaking narrative, longtime Washington Post reporter Craig Timberg and award-winning AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin tell the surprising story of how Western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic and then fanned its rise. Drawing on remarkable new science, Tinderbox overturns the conventional wisdom on the origins of this deadly pandemic and the best ways to fight it ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Shameless Carnivore

    A Manifesto for Meat Lovers

    by Scott Gold ...
    Wondering if you're a true carnivore? Looking for a great recipe for Rattlesnake Chili? Read this book: a fast, funny, and enlightening celebration of the immense joys of flesh—consuming it, that is.The average American consumes 218.3 pounds of meat every year. But concerns about mad cow disease, industrial feedlot practices, and self-righteous vegetarians have made the carnivorous lifestyle ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Foxfire 11

    Series Book 11 - Foxfire Series
    First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.This eleventh volume ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Neven Maguire's Complete Family Cookbook

    300 Life-saving Recipes for Super-busy Parents

    by Neven Maguire ...
    Thank Heaven For Neven! This Definitive Family Cookbook Will Be A Lifesaver In Every Family's KitchenAt the very centre of family life is the food and fun we share together daily. Our families are the most important people in our lives, so when it comes to mealtimes we want to give them the best we can. This new definitive collection gives you all the inspiration and help you need to make life in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ancient Art of Tea

    Wisdom From the Ancient Chinese Tea Masters

    The Ancient Art of Tea is a delightful look at the philosophy, history, and culture of tea in China.The health benefits of tea, whether white, green, oolong or black, are well known in our world today. However, creating the perfect, healthy cup of tea is a process few people genuinely understand. As expert Warren Peltier explains, making an ideal cup of tea is a dynamic process that requires the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD