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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Name: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Author: Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is a non-fiction book by Barbara Kingsolver detailing her family's attempt to eat only locally grown food for an entire year.

“Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals.”

Barbara Kingsolver book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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“the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners”

Barbara Kingsolver book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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“Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.”

Barbara Kingsolver book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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“Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.”

Barbara Kingsolver book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Source: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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