When food writer Richard Cornish was so overcome by the aroma of the
roast leg of lamb he had buckled into the passenger seat next to him
that he pulled over to the side of the road and tore it apart with his
bare hands, he knew he had a problem. He began to examine what it means
to eat meat by becoming vegetarian for a year.
My Year Without Meat is a surprising and bittersweet journey that
changed Richard's body, his values and how he cooks. It's a meditation
on ethical meat, an ode to vegetables and a cautionary tale about our
relationship to food--as told by a self-confessed meat lover.
Peppered with funny anecdotes, eye-opening facts and conversations with
some of Australia's best local producers, farmers and top chefs, My
Year Without Meat thoughtfully explores how and why Australians consume
food the way we do.
It will make you rethink the contents of your supermarket trolley, how
you prepare your evening meal and where your food comes from.