Dopo aver allevato un piccolo gregge di agnelli su pascoli di erba fresca, seguendo una tecnica antica e complessa che aveva coinvolto l’intera fattoria, Dan Barber propone finalmente nel suo ristorante le deliziose costolette ottenute con tanta fatica. Accompagnate da puré alla menta e zucchine grigliate, nel giro di pochi istanti vanno completamente esaurite: mesi di lavoro vengono divorati in un batter di ciglia dai primi avventori del ristorante, come un hot dog qualsiasi. Sconfortato,...

Ao imaginar o que estaremos comendo daqui a 35 anos, o premiado chef americano Dan Barber parte de uma rica pesquisa para propor nada menos que uma revolução na maneira como produzimos e consumimos alimentos. De pequenas fazendas no interior da Europa à mesa dos mais prestigiados restaurantes do planeta, Barber apresenta neste livro experiências inovadoras que apontam o caminho para um futuro de comidas ao mesmo tempo mais sustentáveis e (ponto fundamental para o chef) saborosas.

“Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American food.” —The Washington Post“Dan Barber's tales are engaging, funny and delicious . . . The Third Plate serves as a brilliant culinary manifesto with a message as obvious as it is overlooked. . . . It's an inspiring message that could truly help save our water, air and land before it's too late.” —The Chicago Tribune“Barber...

“Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American food.” —The Washington Post“Dan Barber's tales are engaging, funny and delicious . . . The Third Plate serves as a brilliant culinary manifesto with a message as obvious as it is overlooked. . . . It's an inspiring message that could truly help save our water, air and land before it's too late.” —The Chicago Tribune“Barber...

Exiled on Earth, Funny Boy must save his new planet from an evil haircutNever spit spitballs at your brother. That's the lesson Funny Boy learned on his last day on the planet Crouton, when his parents strapped him to a rocket and shot him to Earth as punishment for misbehaving. But just like Superman, this exiled Croutonian gained powers when he landed on the new world. He's not super strong, super fast, or super stylish, but his super sense of humor lets him crac...

This fully updated fourth edition of the bestselling textbook Science 5-11 provides a comprehensive introduction to current research and professional practice for teaching science in the primary school.Chapters are organised into five sections, first introducing theory and practice, then providing specific guidance on teaching topics in biology, chemistry and physics, and finally discussing supporting science across the whole school. Updates to the new edition include:...

Carry van Bruggen (1881-1932) legde als eerste zonder compromissen het vrouwelijk bewustzijn bloot en leverde het gevecht met haar eigen seksualiteit openhartig, vol innerlijke tegenspraak en deernis. Ze was geen feministe, al is haar werk een impliciete aanklacht tegen de achterstelling van de vrouw. Ieder isme wekte haar argwaan, met name het nationalisme, waarvan ze de gevaren als Jodin goed doorzag. Ze mengde zich in het publieke debat, ze was een geweldige columniste en haar romans en...

**"Essential rules from a champion of organic growing."—New York Times“A radical yet timeless understanding of what organic farming is truly about. . . . Only Eliot could bring such clarity and wisdom to the conversation. . . . A must-read for anyone who believes that food can be a force for change. . . . A new classic for the ages.”—Jean-Martin Fortier, author of The Market Gardener; founder, Market Gardener Institute**In The Self-Fed Farm and ...

This outstanding new book shows why communitarian thought has had such a profound influence on contemporary American public policy, from strengthening our neighborhoods to fighting AIDS and educating our children. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian Network and author of the best-selling books The Spirit of Community and The New Golden Rule, this comprehensive collection contains essays written by the nation's most respected thinkers. See why politician...

Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump:Images from Literature and Visual Arts treats literature, film, television series, and comic books dealing with utopian and dystopian worlds reflecting on or anticipating our current age. From Henry James’s dreamlike utopia of “The Great Good Place” to the psychotic world of Brett Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, from science fiction and recent horror films, television adaptations of books such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and new series ...

Unconventional--yet effective--parenting strategies, carefully curated by the creator of the popular podcast The Longest Shortest TimeSome of the best parenting advice that Hillary Frank ever received did not come from parenting experts, but from friends and podcast listeners who acted on a whim, often in moments of desperation. These "weird parenting wins" were born of moments when the expert advice wasn't working, and instead of freaking out, these paren...

Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out 3.36 billion instructions per second. The average person can carry out only one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that's two instructions; you won't be able to do that.But what if modern technology was... literally terrifying? What if there really was a ghost in the machine? Prepare to travel through the bad gateway as acclaimed actor, writer and comedian Tom ...