Title

A Year of Food Life

Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

About the book

Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, this book (released May 2007) tells the story of how our family was changed by one year of deliberately eating food produced in the place where we live. Barbara wrote the central narrative; Steven's sidebars dig deeper into various aspects of food-production science and industry; Camille's brief essays offer a nineteen-year-old's perspective on the local-food project, plus nutritional information, meal plans and recipes.

Click on each author's name for excerpts from the book.

Smashing Pumpkins

An excerpt by Barbara Kingsolver

"Driving through our little town in late fall, still a bit love-struck for Tuscany’s charm, I began to see my hometown through new eyes..."

Oily Food

An excerpt by Steven L. Hopp

"Americans put almost as much fossil fuel into our refrigerators
as our cars ..."

Food Fright Camille

An excerpt by Camille Kingsolver

"When I travel on airplanes I often indulge in one of my favorite guilty pleasures..."

Recipes