FoodWISE: A Whole Systems Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Food Choices

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The definitive food lover's guide to making the right choices amidst a sea of ever-changing information We live in a culture awash with advice on nutrition and eating. But what does it really mean to eat healthy? FoodWISE is for anyone who has felt unsure about how to make the “right” food choices. It is for food lovers who want to be more knowledgeable and connected to their food, while also creating meaningful dining experiences around the table. With more than thirty years of experience in farm and food studies, Gigi Berardi, PhD, shows readers how to make food choices and prepare meals that are WISE: Whole, Informed, Sustainable, and Experience based. She offers practical guidance for how to comb the aisles of your local food market with confidence and renewed excitement and debunks the questionable science behind popular diets and trends, sharing some counterintuitive tips that may surprise you—like the health benefits of eating saturated fat! FoodWISE will revolutionize how you think about healthy, enjoyable, and socially conscious cuisine. Reviews: "This guide to ‘sustainable and delicious food choices’ points to the value of the home garden and kitchen, and questions the benefits of popular diets." - FOODTANK.COM, highlighted in Forbes "Against a deluge of dieting suggestions, fads, and conflicting studies on nutrition, [FoodWISE] suggests adopting a strategy in which you stop, think, and act … considering what works best in terms of both budgets and personal values.… The title acronym, WISE, stands for Whole, Informed, Sustainable, and Experienced… The book’s mission is most of all one of self-discovery." - Foreword Reviews “It is often asked whether we should ‘eat to live’ or ‘live to eat.’ Gigi Berardi persuades us that we can and should do both, as eating FoodWISE is good for our health, good for the animals and environment in our care, and also profoundly enjoyable. That conclusion is based both on science—remembering that food production is primarily a biological rather than a technical process—and on empathy. As Berardi demonstrates, empathy for other living beings can and should be extended to the animals and people involved in food production round the world, to other workers in the food chain, and to our families and friends sharing our food—through the deeply personal principles, stories, and recipes she shares with us in every page of this life-affirming book.” - Michael Appleby, OBE, professor, Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, University of Edinburgh “Often the world of food is complex and confusing, with marketing messages that mislead even engaged consumers. FoodWISE empowers interested eaters with tools to approach their food in a more thoughtful, sustainable, and healthy way, all the while illuminating some of the pitfalls of our current food system. No fad diets here—just a call back to whole foods and mindful eating.” - Marie Burcham, JD, director of domestic policy, The Cornucopia Institute “Food scholar Gigi Berardi wades into the troubled waters of advice about what to eat and proposes some truly wise and inspired guidance. FoodWISE offers the nuanced, honest answers you’ll never get from a diet book, with a possibilist spirit reminiscent of Frances Moore Lappé.” - —Liz Carlisle, author of Lentil Underground and Grain by Grain “Gigi Berardi’s FoodWISE moves beyond inflexible notions of black and white to critically—and unapologetically—examine the grey. By the end of the book, I realized that her seemingly common-sense approach had led me to a profound knowledge about how to be a self-conscious and responsible consumer.”  - Jason W. Cornell, MS, cheesemaker (affineur), and food connoisseur “For all of us who find ourselves overwhelmed with food choices—“Which apple is most sustainable? Ethical? Affordable? Should I even be eating an apple in April?”—Berardi’s FoodWISE provides a clear set of unpretentious and practical ideas to guide our eating and cooking. Interspersed with compelling case studies, personal experiences, and sound science, the book reflects an ethic of care for the people and ecological systems that coproduce our food.”  - Kate J. Darby, associate professor of environmental justice and sustainability at Western Washington University “If you want to be an informed consumer of food, here’s your definitive guide. So many answers to so many questions! Berardi gives background to the background—perspective to the perspective—providing a rare, detailed guide to the food world nexus. If you can’t figure out what to eat after reading FoodWISE, you might as well just stop eating.” - Steve Ettlinger, author of Twinkie, Deconstructed 256 pages Publisher: North Atlantic Books (January 14, 2020) Publication Date: January 14, 2020 Language: English ASIN: B07MYM8C31