My Year of Meats

I'm reading this book called, "My Year of Meats" by Ruth L. Ozeki. It's actually for one of my English classes, but I highly recommend it for leisure. It's about a documentarian Jane who creates a Japanese TV show called My American Wife! about classic American families. She goes all over the U.S. looking for families and for each show, the family creates a recipe using beef. (The show is sponsored by BEEF-EX, a big American beef company.) Simultaneously, we get the story of Akiko who watches the show in Japan and whose husband is trying to fatten her up and make her bear children--but she hates the meat and is bulimic. But it is interesting because even though it is a novel, it touches on a lot of the concerns around meat processing, the history of DES in beef and its effect on human reproduction. It's a pretty easy read if you have the time. After watching Food Inc. and reading this book, something I'd really like to try is grass-fed beef. I'll have to see if I can find some in Pullman.

Thanks for stopping by,
Rachel

P.S. Photo credit for the book cover goes to Jennifer Heisey, Derek Askem and Marion Ettlinger.