描述
From the acclaimed author of What She Ate, the story of five couples whose dreams, experiments, and triumphs fueled a revolution at the kitchen table.
In Big Appetites, the journalist and culinary historian Laura Shapiro introduces readers to some of the cooks and activists who turned their passion for good eating into a public campaign that transformed food culture in America and Britain. Their ideas helped to establish farmers markets, promote sustainable agriculture, and put countless thirty-minute recipes based on fresh ingredients within the reach of home cooks everywhere. With a lively sense of character, an eye for delicious and surprising details, and deep roots in cultural history, this short, memorable book will change the way you look at your plate.