ode to eating locally

The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering and eating locally (all on $40 week) by Robin Mather has it all. It is an entertaining story of an unemployed woman, on her own who is commited to cooking and eating well on a budget. She moves to a small cabin in rural Michigan with her dog and parrot. It is fun to read and includes 150 recipes. Mather's background as a food writer shines. She makes friends and trades her homemade preserves for garden produce and even gets chickens. I especially liked that she shares her knowledge of local Michigan companies such as Williams cheese. STE