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A review by snorthington
American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America by Michelle Obama
5.0
What a beautiful book! I love the layout and photography, and the depth of content.
This book covers seasonal growth in the White House Garden, seasonal recipes, the history of gardening at the White House, information about nutritional trends and the importance of physical movement to continue to lead healthy lives. It has a comprehensive view of nutrition and food growth and development.
I've loved working with our local farm for our personal CSA shares this summer, and in the exchange they have with our various food service organizations in town, especially the soup kitchen where I work. Teaching students and guests about healthy food preparation and the growth process has been such a fun part of my summer. We have a fun program that students at our University can apply for called Farm to Table. They work at our local farm in the morning, then serve at the soup kitchen in the afternoons. It allows them to see the full cycle of planting to harvesting to preparation to consumption. This book had a similar feel to what we try to achieve through that program.
If you are at all interested in nutrition, gardening, history or education, I recommend checking this beautiful book out!
This book covers seasonal growth in the White House Garden, seasonal recipes, the history of gardening at the White House, information about nutritional trends and the importance of physical movement to continue to lead healthy lives. It has a comprehensive view of nutrition and food growth and development.
I've loved working with our local farm for our personal CSA shares this summer, and in the exchange they have with our various food service organizations in town, especially the soup kitchen where I work. Teaching students and guests about healthy food preparation and the growth process has been such a fun part of my summer. We have a fun program that students at our University can apply for called Farm to Table. They work at our local farm in the morning, then serve at the soup kitchen in the afternoons. It allows them to see the full cycle of planting to harvesting to preparation to consumption. This book had a similar feel to what we try to achieve through that program.
If you are at all interested in nutrition, gardening, history or education, I recommend checking this beautiful book out!