The Slow Books curators have hand-picked recommended readings to add to your summer reading list! Below you’ll find a list of books that pair well with the issues that we’re talking about and celebrating each month at Slow Food.
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JULY
The Good Berry Cookbook: Harvesting and Cooking Wild Rice and Other Wild Foods
by Tashia Hart
One of the few foods in North America that is designated both Ark of Taste and Slow Food Presidia is Manoomin, or wild rice. Manoomin (pronounced muh-KNOW-minn) is a sacred and staple food for the Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes region. Ethnobotanist Tashia Hart integrates wild ingredients of the north woods and culinary prowess to share an abundance of ways to work with wild rice in our home kitchens.
— Cedar Schimke
august
Recommendations by Margaret Woodruff
What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health
by Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery
To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure and Dinner in Your Own Backyard
by Tamar Haspel
kitchens of the great midwest
by J. Ryan Stradal
september
Burnt Toast and Other Disasters: A Book of Heroic Hacks, Fabulous Fixes, and Secret Sauces
by Cal Peternell
If we’ve learned anything in the past few years of life during an altered reality of these modern times (a continuing global pandemic, seemingly unprecedented inflation, the onslaught of tragedies on the nightly news), it’s that sometimes there is a glimmer of brightness to be found in even the darkest of times. Cal Peternell, a Chez Panisse alum, will teach you how to spin any dish you think destined for the trash or compost bin, into a five star meal. With restaurant hacks, tips to spice up pantry staples and writing that will have you “loling” – this book is a delight. I particularly enjoyed his tips for popcorn-making (a cool summer night favorite snack of mine).
— Katie Johnson
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