Louise Gray

The Ethical Carnivore (eBook, ePUB)

My Year Killing to Eat

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

WINNER OF TWO 2017 GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARDS: BEST FOOD BOOK AWARD AND THE CAMPAIGNING AND INVESTIGATIVE FOOD WORK AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 FORTNUM & MASON FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR

A BBC RADIO 4 FOOD PROGRAMME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016

We should all know exactly where our meat comes from. But what if you took this modern-day maxim to its logical conclusion and only ate animals you killed yourself?

Louise Gray decides to be an ethical carnivore and learn to stalk, shoot and fish. Starting small, Louise shucks oysters and catches a trout. As she begins to reconnect with nature, she befriends countrymen and women who can teach her to shoot pigeons, rabbits and red deer.

Louise begins to look into how meat is processed, including the beef in our burgers, cheap chicken, supermarket bacon and farmed fish. She investigates halal slaughter and visits abattoirs to ask whether new technology can make eating meat more humane.

Delving into alternative food cultures, Louise finds herself sourcing roadkill and cooking a squirrel stir-fry, and she explores eating other sources of protein like in vitro meat, insects and plant-based options. With the global demand for meat growing, Louise argues that eating less meat should be an essential part of fighting climate change for all of us.

Her writing on nature, food and the environment is full of humour, while never shying from the hard facts. Louise gets to the heart of modern anxieties about where our meat comes from, asking an important question for our time - is it possible to be an ethical carnivore?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472938404
• Artikelnr.: 45962529

Autorenporträt

Louise Gray is a freelance writer based in Scotland. She trained with The Press Association and was a staff writer for The Scotsman. She covered UN climate change talks, GM foods and the badger cull during five years as the Environment Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. Louise specialises in writing about food, farming and climate change. In recent years, she has written for The Sunday Times, Scottish Field, the Guardian and The Spectator, among others. She has also appeared on BBC television and radio.

Louise is passionate about environmental issues, increasingly focusing on how individuals can make a difference through the choices they make, such as the food we eat. Her first book, The Ethical Carnivore, won best Food Book and Best Investigative Work at the Guild of Food Writers Awards and was shortlisted for the Fortnum and Mason Food Book of the Year.

@loubgray / louisebgray.com

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue 1 Pearls 2 Novice Macnab 3 Minions 4 Henry 5 Gobby Teens 6
Grown-ups 7 Swine 8 Ishmael 9 Colin 10 Game Bird 11 Hunter-gatherer 12
Tigers of the sea 13 The Leaper 14 Damh 15 Beyond Meat Author's Note
Appendix Acknowledgements Further Reading Index

Rezensionen

A highly original work, executed with complete conviction. Heart-warming, engaging and impossible to put down, it treats a challenging subject unflinchingly. Recommended reading. Juror, 2017 Guild of Food Writers Awards 20170622