Meat: A Love Story : Pasture to Plate, a Search for the Perfect Meal

from lindap69

Journalist Susan Bourette begins the journey with an undercover assignment at a slaughterhouse and then she takes us along on her search for the perfect meat. She spends time with a celebrity chef, on a ranch in Texas, in the Arctic and others. I cringed at some of the stories especially those of...

from jlparent

After the author goes undercover at a slaughterhouse, she vows to become a vegetarian. This doesn't last and so begins her journey into the world of meat. Bourdette visits a far range of places, people, and ideas in search of a healthier meat. And by healthier - she means for the animals, for us,...

from tjsjohanna

This should have been more interesting than it was. Ms. Bourette explores "carnivore-ism" in all its shapes - from factory meat to whale hunts to raw meat cuisine to the new "locally grown" meat. Maybe the reason it failed to capture my imagination is that Ms. Bourette never goes deeper than the ...