Diet for a Small Planet: The Book That Started a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat

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Random House Publishing Group, Dec 8, 2010 - Cooking - 528 pages
The book that started a revolution in the way Americans eat

The extraordinary book that taught America the social and personal significance of a new way of eating is still a complete guide for eating well in the twenty-first century.

Sharing her personal evolution and how this groundbreaking book changed her own life, world-renowned food expert Frances Moore Lappé offers an all-new, even more fascinating philosophy on changing yourself—and the world—by changing the way you eat.

The Diet for a Small Planet features:
• simple rules for a healthy diet
• streamlined, easy-to-use format
• food combinations that make delicious, protein-rich meals without meat
• indispensable kitchen hints—a comprehensive reference guide for planning and preparing meals and snacks
• hundreds of wonderful recipes
 

Contents

Preface
3
Part II
10
Diet for a Small Planet
16
List of Figures
26
i
70
59
143
Part IV
157
Preface
203
eatless Menus for Special Occasions
303
And All the Extras
329
Recommended Books
379
E Cost of One Days Protein Allowance
424
77
445
118
461
Index
463
14
471

Time
213
Understanding Protein
223

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About the author (2010)

Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of many books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment. Beginning with the three-million copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971, her books include Democracy’s EdgeGetting a Grip (in two editions), EcoMind, and World Hunger: 10 Myths.

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