A Householder's Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics for the Home and Beyond

Harriet Fasenfest

Tin House Books, LLC, Nov 1, 2010 - House & Home - 260 pages

In an era when go local, organic food, and sustainability are one the tip of everyone's tongues, Harriet Fasenfest's A Householder's Guide to the Universe takes up the banner of progressive homemaking and urban farming as a way to confront the political, social, and environmental issues facing our world today. Offering grass-roots practical advice on how to shop, garden, run a household, preserve and cook food, and more, Fasenfest also discusses the philosophy of householding. In A Householder's Guide to the Universe, which is organized according to season and presented in monthly installments, Fasenfest invites the reader into her home, garden, and kitchen to consider concrete tools for change. Streetwise and poetic, fierce and romantic, the book provides not only a way out of our current economic and environmental logjam but also a readable and often funny analysis of how we got there.

What people are saying

Review: A Householder's Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics for the Home and Beyond

User Review  - Hilary - Goodreads

Most people aren't householders like the author, for the simple reason that it really is a full-time job (and then some). It's inspiring whilst not ignoring the very hard work. But I know I'm not the ...

Review: A Householder's Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics for the Home and Beyond

User Review  - Claudia - Goodreads

Month by month approach used by one family trying to make life at home simpler. Fasenfest does the topic justice, though I was hoping for a little more how-to, rather than the philosophy behind her decision-making.

About the author

Harriet Fasenfest is an avid gardener, food preserver, homemaker, and lover of the soil. Born and raised in the Bronx, Fasenfest currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two sons, and the occasional "stranger." At fifty-six, she officially fled Main Street (and her restaurants) for the greener pastures of the backyard, where she teaches classes on householding.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Householder's Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics for the Home and Beyond
• Author: Harriet Fasenfest
• Publisher: Tin House Books, LLC, 2010
• ISBN: 0982569165, 9780982569160
• Length: 260 pages
• Subjects: House & Home / Sustainable Living