Reading List

Sustainability:
Ableman, Michael* Fields of Plenty (2005)
Carson, Rachel Silent Spring (1962)
Coleman, Eliot

• The New Organic Grower: A Master’s Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (1995)
• Four Seasons Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long (1999)

Kingsolver, Barbara Animal Vegetable Miracle (2007)
Lappe, Frances M. Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
Manning, Ivy* The Farm to Table Cookbook – The Art of Eating Locally (2008)
Nabhan, Gary

• Renewing America’s Food Traditions (2008)
• Renewing Salmon Nation’s Food Traditions (2006)

Nestle, Marion What to Eat (2006)
Pollan, Michael

• In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (2008)
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2007)
• The Botany of Desire (2002)

Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation (2001)

NW Cookbooks / Memoirs:
Amster-Burton,Matthew* Hungry Monkey (2009)
Atkinson, Greg*

• In Season (1997)
• The Northwest Essentials Cookbook (1999)
• Entertaining in the Northwest Style (2005)

Beard, James*

• James Beard’s Delights and Prejudices (1964)
• Beard on Food: The Best Recipes & Kitchen Wisdom from the Dean of American Cooking

Borg, Shannon & Misterly, Lora Lea* Chefs on the Farm (Quillisascut) (2008)
Flinn, Kathleen* The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry (2007)
Lucas, Jimella & Nanci Main

• The Ark Restaurant Cookbook (1985)
• Bay and Ocean Cookbook (1986)
• The Best of the Ark and More! (2000)

Pellegrini, Angelo* The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic thoughts on Food and the Good Life (1948)
Richardson, Noel* In a Country Garden - Life at Ravenhill Farm (1996)
Selengut, Becky* Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook (2008)
Wizenberg, Molly* A Homemade Life (2009)

Fiction:
Bauermeister, Erica* The School of Essential Ingredients (2009)

* NW author