'What struck me most about the cookbook

[elleng]

— and Wilder’s work itself — was how much contemporary Brooklyn is starting to resemble 19th-century De Smet.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/magazine/04food-t-000.html?hpw

[AwakeAtLast]

1. I liked that article!

As a "Little House" fan I found that quite interesting. Thanks for posting!

[Warpy]

2. Cape Cod was a lot like that in the 70s and 80s

I knew people who had pigs and had a big feast once a year when they'd butcher one. Everyone I knew had organic gardens and pickled and canned everything they couldn't dry and hang. Neighbors raised chickens, sheep, and horses in the back yard--although they didn't eat the horses. There were mini farms all over the place for fresh eggs and goat milk, plus fresh veggies and fruits in season. Fish was bought right off the boat or from the back of a truck by the side of the road.

So yeah, I can relate to this stuff. About all we victims of 40 years of conservative economic bungling had to work with was food, and work with it we did.

[pengillian101]

3. :--)

Thanks, that was a fun read :-)