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Good Food

Too Many Books Too Little Time

Sometime about 4 years ago the ratio of cookbooks to other food non-fiction books in my library began to change.  Whereas in the past the majority of my library of…

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By Evan Kleiman • Jan 18, 2011 • 1 min read

Sometime about 4 years ago the ratio of cookbooks to other food non-fiction books in my library began to change. Whereas in the past the majority of my library of 2000+ books was overwhelmingly populated by cookbooks, now I would say that at least a third are books about food politics, sustainability and other investigations into food culture.

There literally are Too Many Books and Too Little Time. So how great is the discovery of a site like Farmbrarian? The review site concentrates on “Harvesting Books about growing and eating real food.”The reviewers are “Erin, a librarian and nutrition/public health subject specialist and David, a nutrition student and a future registered dietitian.”

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