Just finished reading The Feast Nearby

Author: Robin Mather 

Part autobiography, part cookbook, part DIY manual. Mather spends a year in a 650 sq ft cottage by a small lake in rural Michigan. Follow her experience through the seasons while she describes her efforts to eat local on a modest budget.

If you've ever dreamed of a simpler life this book will inspire you...

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"Within a single week in 2009, food journalist Robin Mather found herself on the threshold of a divorce and laid off from her job...

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In The Feast Nearby, Mather chronicles her year-long project: preparing and consuming three home-cooked, totally seasonal, and local meals a day--all on forty dollars a week.

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Through local eating, Mather forges connections with the farmers, vendors, and growers who provide her with sustenance. She becomes more closely attuned to the nuances of each season, inhabiting her little corner of the world more fully, and building a life richer than she imagined it could be. "