Last week, Jillian and I went to the first installment of our Food for Thought book club. The turnout was amazing. Almost 15 girls (and 1 guy, bless you brave man!) got together to discuss the book Stuffed and Starved. It was a great discussion, including thoughts on the strategic layout of our local supermarkets, the trend of defeated farmers committing suicide rather than submitting to big ag companies, and the practice of patenting ideas (a la Google incentivizing employees to patent as many as they can) in the context of Monsanto patenting their seeds.
For the next book club, we are reading Alice Waters & Chez Panisse by Thomas McNamee. Considering that Chez Panisse is my favorite restaurant in the Bay Area and Alice Waters is a constant inspiration in my cooking, I’m thrilled to be reading this next. Plus, it’s a juicy chronicling of her life…so a much lighter read than our last month’s pick. Read along with us, and email me if you live in San Francisco and want to join the group!
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