Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health

Robinson, Jo

ISBN 10: 0316227943 / ISBN 13: 9780316227940

Published by Little, Brown & Co., New York, 2013

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8vo, 407 pp.

Seller Inventory # 095129

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316227943
• ISBN 13: 9780316227940
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Illus. by Andie Styner
• Edition: Later prt.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Food & Drink

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Synopsis

The next stage in the food revolution: a radical way to select fruits and vegetables and reclaim the flavor and nutrients we've lost.

Ever since farmers first planted seeds 10,000 years ago, humans have been destroying the nutritional value of their fruits and vegetables. Unwittingly, we've been selecting plants that are high in starch and sugar and low in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants for more than 400 generations.

Eating on the Wild Side reveals the solution -- choosing modern varieties that approach the nutritional content of wild plants but that also please the modern palate. Jo Robinson explains that many of these newly identified varieties can be found in supermarkets and farmer's market, and introduces simple, scientifically proven methods of preparation that enhance their flavor and nutrition. Based on years of scientific research and filled with food history and practical advice, Eating on the Wild Side will forever change the way we think about food.

About the Author

Jo Robinson is the author or co-author of 14 books of nonfiction. Her research on pastured animals has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, Mother Jones, USA TODAY, Men's Health, the San Francisco Chronicle, Atlantic Monthly, and many other publications. She lives and works on Vashon Island, a rural island close to Seattle, WA.