My Year of Meats (CD-Audio)

from Citizenjoyce

I'd been reluctant to read this book because I'd thought it might be some kind of memoir of working in a butcher shop. But I loved her A Tale For the Time Being, so I gave it a try. At first I was quite put off because the male characters are so reprehensible. There's a limit to how much anti-mis...

from calmclam

Surprisingly entertaining and engaging! I came across this book while under the impression that it was some sort of memoir documentary, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it's the story of a woman (Jane) who directs a documentary-like reality show for Japanese audiences about the American ...

from ursula

The "year of meats" of the title is the year that Jane Takagi-Little, a half-Japanese American woman, spends working on a Japanese TV show called "My American Wife!" The premise is that each program will feature a wholesome American family, with the wife cooking a recipe featuring meat. As the sp...

from mstrust

Out-of-work documentarian Jane helps create a Japanese tv program called "My American Wife!" that will show Japanese housewives how American women feed their families. As the show is really advertisement for imported American meats, each show focuses on displays of large amounts of meat, with coo...

from hippiemommy

I liked this book. It definitely has a documentary-like quality to it, and I appreciated the facts about the meat industry. The information probably won't shock you if you've read The Omnivore's Dilemma, Fast Food Nation, or watched Food, Inc., but it is well-placed in the story. I think it helps...