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(More customer reviews)After reading A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove, I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed about my own everday interaction with food.For example, every week I buy all the needed ingrediants for a salad or to use in my juicer and sure enough, one week later I'm throwing everything out, pratically untouched.This book was a kick in the pants of how lucky we are today to have such conveniences as fresh fruit and vegetables and sliced bread.It also showed me how much I take these items for granted.There are personal recollections and stories passed on through generations in this book that are absolutely fascinating and tell how people got by back in the day when not everything was so readily available. It also takes you through key moments in history.For example, During WWI and WWII the importance of planting Liberty and Victory Gardens.Another story talks of how in one particular Chinese family it was more important to a father that his little girl knew how to wash rice properly, considered a principal accomplishment of any Chinese female, than to go get an education. Another theme came up over and over again was the power of women's voices as mothers and homemakers who demanded fair pricing, strict sanitary guidleines, government funded programs to feed the poor.On top of all this there are recipes scattered throughout the book that are related to each era.Some you'll want to try and others....not so much.Great pictures included as well!Hope you enjoy!
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