Diet for a Small Planet

By Frances Moore Lappé

Categories: Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting

First published in 1971, Frances Moore Lappé's book argues that a diet centered on grains, legumes and vegetables, with less meat, is better for both people and the planet, and that food is a way to understand world politics. This twentieth-anniversary edition adds a new opening essay in which she revisits her ideas. It also includes her reexamination of protein complementarity, along with meatless recipes, menus for special occasions and practical tips on cooking beans, grains, nuts and seeds.

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