{"product_id":"9780593357774","title":"Diet for a Small Planet (Revised and Updated)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of twenty books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million-copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. She has been featured on the Today show , Hardball with Chris Matthews, Fox \u0026amp; Friends, The Wall Street Journal , NPR, the CBC and BBC, and other news outlets. Frances is the cofounder of three organizations including the Oakland-based think tank Food First and the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna Lappé. The pair also cofounded the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide. Review Quotes : \"A small number of people in every generation are forerunners--in thought, action, spirit--who swerve past the barriers of greed and power to hold a torch high for the rest of us. Lappé is one of those.\" --Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States \"Since the publication of [ Diet for a Small Planet, ] a movement dedicated to the reform of the food system has taken root in America. Lappé's groundbreaking book connected the dots between something as ordinary and all-American as a hamburger and the environmental crisis, as well as world hunger.\" --Michael Pollan , The Nation Brief Description : \"Discover the eating plan that revolutionized the way Americans think about their meals, updated for its fiftieth anniversary with new recipes for the modern meatless chef. \"In the . . . years since the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, a movement dedicated to the reform of the food system has taken root in America. Lappâe's groundbreaking book connected the dots between something as ordinary and all-American as a hamburger and the environmental crisis, as well as world hunger.\" --Michael Pollan. Upon its release in 1971, Diet for a Small Planet was truly groundbreaking. This extraordinary book taught America the social and personal significance of a new way of eating: environmental vegetarianism. World hunger was not a matter of lack of food, it argued, but of lack of justice in our food systems. Half a century later, it is still a complete guide for eating well in the Twenty-First century. Sharing her personal evolution and how this revolutionary vegetarian-focused book changed her own life, world-renowned food expert Frances Moore Lappâe offers a fascinating philosophy on changing yourself--and the world--by changing the way you eat. This edition features 85 modern meatless recipes, including more than a dozen new entries by celebrity chefs such as Mark Bittman, Padma Lakshmi, Alice Waters, Josâe Andrâes, Bryant Terry, Mollie Katzen, and Sean Sherman\"-- Publisher Marketing : Discover a way of eating that revolutionized the meaning of our food choices and sold more than 3 million copies--now in a 50th-anniversary edition with a timely introduction plus new and updated plant-centered recipes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021-09-21\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46477438484611,"sku":"9780593357774","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9780593357774.jpg?v=1770292847","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/9780593357774","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}