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The Odyssey Bookshop is one of five independent
bookstores participating in WAMC's Roundtable on Tuesday mornings,
just after the 10:00 news. People from the Odyssey will be on about once a
month, talking about our favorite books. The Odyssey Bookshop 413-534-7307 email odysseybks@aol.com
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Vanessa's picks Click on any title to order Back to staff list Roads to Quoz by William Least Heat-Moon
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon
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Blue
Highways is one of my favorite books and so I eagerly awaited
Heat-Moon's new work of American "moseying." The book is
divided into six individual trips, most of which the author takes with
his wife "Q." Some trips begin with a certain purpose in mind,
to find an intriguing individual, to discover a long-lost food shack, to
unearth a family mystery and others are simply for pure exploration.
Heat-Moon loves small town America and celebrates of those who work to
maintain their local history. He has an amazing ability to extract
stories from perfect strangers and paints a hopeful portrait of lives
removed from big-box America. A long, but fun and rewarding read for
those in the mood for some armchair traveling.
Without
Judith Jones, American cooking would not be what it is today. Throughout
her years as an editor for Knopf she introduced us to Julia Child, James
Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, and countless others who expanded the range of
American cooking. Jones herself has had extensive adventures in cooking
and shares her experiences with this delightful memoir. A great read for
food lovers, cookbook readers, and travel enthusiasts.
For
those who enjoyed Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable,
Miracle, Plenty is a wonderful Canadian version. The authors
document their gastronomical experiment of eating locally in Vancouver.
Limiting themselves to food found within 100 miles of their apartment,
they take us throught the trials of finding locally grown wheat in order
eat bread, storing food for the winter in their tiny urban apartment,
and realizing that an late winter frost affects what they have for
dinner that night. I found this to be a wonderful book and a poignant
look at sustaining oneself through the surrounding community.