Hello fellow Food Coop Members-
For some time I have wanted to do a “food eccentric” book night with the NOFC members. The ideas is to read a thought provoking book about some aspect of food or food politics, and discuss it with other folks that are thinking about these issues. There are so many great books about food out there these days. It seemed like a fun way to get members together, oh! and to eat meal together. A fellow NOFC member, Patty Vicknair has offered to help me out with this project. Patty enthusiastically recommended the book PLENTY by Alisa Smith & J.B. MacKinnon. We have set a date about 4 weeks from now, the evening of December 8th. We will share a potluck style meal ( I’d challenge you to try and prepare food using local ingredients only)and talk about what we have read. I have included a short synopses of the book below. Let me know via e-mail if you are interested. I will create an e-mail list just for this event. Please free to contact me with any questions: cassandrasnyder@
I hope you will join us.
Cassandra Snyder
New Orleans Food Coop member
volunteer- Membership Committee
Synopses:LIke so many people, alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon were trying to live more lightly on the planet, so they decided on an experiment: For one year they would eat only food produced within 100 miles of their Vancouver home. PLENTY tells the full story, from the insights to the kitchen disasters, as the authors reconnect with the people and places that produce what they eat. Humorous, heart-warming, challenging and enlightening, PLENTY will change the way you experience the world.
