I was mightily impressed by this book. Wendy Cook - yes, the first wife of comedian Peter Cook - has certainly done huge amounts of homework to present a seemingly all-encompassing view of food, from how it is grown to how it is cooked. You could say this is a green, organic perspective - but it is much more than that. Wendy delves into the spiritual background of food: what it is, how it affects us, the significance of different types of food, etc. This goes far beyond the standard 'alternative' received wisdom about food, i.e. vitamins etc., to esoteric perspectives. I reccommend this book. Whatever your approach, I'm sure you will get a lot from it.
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A timely book, Capers is an overview of the last couple decades of animal advocacy, and examines methods and activities that have proven to be positive, questionable, or even negative towards the goals of animal rights.
It questions tactics such as using threats and intimidation. It reflects deeply on various outlooks, from abolitionist and animal rights, through to husbandry reform and militant welfarists and back to veganism. It interrogates the outcome and net result of these efforts.
It questions how many of these actions can actually be considered 'animal rights' and if these results are truly benefiting animals or simply playing into the very hands of the industries that exploit them.