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A savvy and practical guide to organic
eating for urban dwellers
In the past few years, organic food has
moved out of the patchouli-scented aisles of hippie food co-ops
and into three-quarters of conventional grocery stores. Concurrent
with this growth has been increased consumer awareness of
the social and health-related issues around organic eating,
independent farming, and food production.
Combining a straight-to-the-point exposé
about organic foods (organic doesn’t mean fresh, natural,
or independently produced) and the how-to’s of creating
an affordable, easy-touse organic kitchen, Grub brings
organics home to urban dwellers. It gives the reader compelling
arguments for buying organic food, revealing the pesticide
industry’s influence on government regulation and the
extent of its pollution in our waterways and bodies.
With an inviting recipe section, Grub
also offers the millions of people who buy organics fresh
ideas and easy ways to cook with them. Grub’s
recipes, twenty-four meals oriented around the seasons, appeal
to eighteen- to forty-year-olds who are looking for fun and
simple meals. In addition, the book features resource lists
(including music playlists to cook by), unusual and illuminating
graphics, and every variety of do-it yourself tip sheets,
charts, and checklists.
Anna Lappé is the co-author
with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, of the national bestselling
Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet.
Her second book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen,
will be out from Tarcher/Penguin in Spring 2006. The co-founder
of the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund, Anna’s
articles and op-eds have been widely published, appearing
in The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles
Times, International Herald Tribune, and the Globe
and Mail, among others. Anna is a sought after public
speaker and commentator on food politics, globalization, and
the media and has been featured in Organic Style, Utne,
and O: The Oprah Magazine. In 2002, she was the first
recipient of the Bioneers Youth Award, given annually to leaders
under thirty who have made a national impact and in 2004 was
included in Organic Style’s “50 Environmental
Power List.” She is a Food and Society Policy Fellow,
a national program of the WK Kellogg Foundation. A graduate
of Brown University, Anna received her Masters in International
Affairs from Columbia University. She has worked in South
Africa, England, and France, and currently lives in Brooklyn,
New York.
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