Melissa Briggs
1. Page 8, first paragraph - What do you think of Kingsolver's use of "country wisdom" versus "city ambition"? Do you think it is crucial for people to know where their food has come from? Does this knowledge affect that person's health, or does it have any affect on their eating habits (no fast food, etc.)?
2. Page 17, last paragraph - Do you think it is possible for Americans to establish their own food culture? Do you think it will ever happen? What effect would this change have on restaurants in the U.S., or the economy? Do you think that the idea of America being a "free country" has anything to do with the lack of an established food culture?
3. Page 30, first paragraph - Kingsolver discusses the rapid loss of taste in asparagus after it has been cut; how much is the taste affected in the "fresh" vegetables that we find in the grocery store, due to how long since the food has been harvested? How many people in the U.S. actually know how fresh (from the farm) vegetables taste? And how much different is the taste of a fresh vegetable compared to one that has traveled across the country?
4. Page 35, mid-page - Kingsolver mentions each of their "luxury items", along with a few items they are buying that are nonlocal (grains, rice, and olive-oil). Her main point is to reduce the gas/oil consumption, but how much more difficult would it be to completely consume products locally? What affect(s), if any, would it have on the family's health (from lack of certain vegetables, etc.)?
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