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What's for Dinner?
What are we really eating? How do we eat in a way that nourishes us and does least harm to the environment? What exactly do farmers do? Should the world go vegan? Do food miles matter?
Never before has so much food been produced by so few people to feed so many. Never before have Australian consumers been so disconnected from their food production, yet so interested in how it is done.
What's for Dinner? delves into the way our food is grown and our responsibilities as eaters. Weaving together science, history and lived experience, What's for Dinner? takes readers on a journey to meet the plants, animals and people who put the food on our plates. It's a book for anyone who eats.
Never before has so much food been produced by so few people to feed so many. Never before have Australian consumers been so disconnected from their food production, yet so interested in how it is done.
What's for Dinner? delves into the way our food is grown and our responsibilities as eaters. Weaving together science, history and lived experience, What's for Dinner? takes readers on a journey to meet the plants, animals and people who put the food on our plates. It's a book for anyone who eats.
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333 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 30, 2023
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July 19, 2023
I was hooked from the very first line where Jill describes a scene that reflects a constant source of frustration in my own life - ‘What would you like for dinner?’
Her book remains relatable to the very last line. This is all down to Jill’s writing style. Interesting, informative, entertaining and engaging, ‘What’s for Dinner?’ is easy to read and yet it asks a lot of pertinent questions.
In a considered, non-preachy way, ‘What’s For Dinner’ captures the conflict we face between the food choices we would ideally like to make (especially when social media tells us what we should be doing and thinking), against what’s realistic in our individual circumstances.
If you are at all concerned about where your food comes from, whether or not buying ‘local’ is in fact the best option, and whether going vegan or vegetarian makes an environmental impact, Jill has done all the research for you, distilling it into this book with a sane, common sense approach. Heavy topics are presented in an informed, light and palatable way.
I loved the glimpses into Jill’s own life (the story about saving the newborn piglets from a boar on her father’s lot was so visual it was almost as though I was there, cheering her family on), and her observations are infused with a gentle humour that had me smiling from beginning to end.
I learnt a lot from this book, and particularly enjoyed the chapter on bees. I have no farming knowledge, and while I’d (incorrectly as it turns out) had opinions on some of the areas that are touched on, there were so many other aspects of both the Australian and global food industry that I had never thought about, until now.
Jill finishes the book by saying, ‘Food shouldn’t be yet another source of angst and worry in our lives. Above all, food should nourish us’. I couldn’t agree more, and her book helps us to do that - guiding us to making informed, individual choices, without all the hype.
Do the planet and your own kitchen table a favour and read this book!
*Note: I read the paperback edition.
Her book remains relatable to the very last line. This is all down to Jill’s writing style. Interesting, informative, entertaining and engaging, ‘What’s for Dinner?’ is easy to read and yet it asks a lot of pertinent questions.
In a considered, non-preachy way, ‘What’s For Dinner’ captures the conflict we face between the food choices we would ideally like to make (especially when social media tells us what we should be doing and thinking), against what’s realistic in our individual circumstances.
If you are at all concerned about where your food comes from, whether or not buying ‘local’ is in fact the best option, and whether going vegan or vegetarian makes an environmental impact, Jill has done all the research for you, distilling it into this book with a sane, common sense approach. Heavy topics are presented in an informed, light and palatable way.
I loved the glimpses into Jill’s own life (the story about saving the newborn piglets from a boar on her father’s lot was so visual it was almost as though I was there, cheering her family on), and her observations are infused with a gentle humour that had me smiling from beginning to end.
I learnt a lot from this book, and particularly enjoyed the chapter on bees. I have no farming knowledge, and while I’d (incorrectly as it turns out) had opinions on some of the areas that are touched on, there were so many other aspects of both the Australian and global food industry that I had never thought about, until now.
Jill finishes the book by saying, ‘Food shouldn’t be yet another source of angst and worry in our lives. Above all, food should nourish us’. I couldn’t agree more, and her book helps us to do that - guiding us to making informed, individual choices, without all the hype.
Do the planet and your own kitchen table a favour and read this book!
*Note: I read the paperback edition.
September 13, 2024
An exploration into what it means to farm, grow, gather, harvest, produce, purchase and consume in a modern landscape by a Western Australia local.
Themes such as animal welfare and ethics, productivity and profitability, sustainability and environment preservation are discussed with no bias. The writer gives her own subjective view point throughout, yet the facts are simply stated for what they are; the facts.
Statistics, and studies are referenced appropriately and make for an educational and insightful read for any interested lay person, with neither dumbing down nor delving too far into academia.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as someone who constantly tries to better my food choices and purchases yet also to understand the reasons why; I have never been a fan of the non-argument “just because”.
Highly recommend for anyone who wants to know what they’re putting on their plate and where it came from without motive or agenda; 5 stars.
Themes such as animal welfare and ethics, productivity and profitability, sustainability and environment preservation are discussed with no bias. The writer gives her own subjective view point throughout, yet the facts are simply stated for what they are; the facts.
Statistics, and studies are referenced appropriately and make for an educational and insightful read for any interested lay person, with neither dumbing down nor delving too far into academia.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as someone who constantly tries to better my food choices and purchases yet also to understand the reasons why; I have never been a fan of the non-argument “just because”.
Highly recommend for anyone who wants to know what they’re putting on their plate and where it came from without motive or agenda; 5 stars.
April 10, 2024
What's not to like a book that reveals all sorts of interesting and thought provoking facts about where our food is coming from and how it's looked after before we see it?
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November 25, 2024Brilliant book which outlines information about where our food comes from and how the author changed her opinion on some aspects of food production due to doing her own research.
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