enough. For the gourmets among you, I hope that the information about com
mon and not-so-common vegetables and the accompanying recipes will provide
you with the impetus to cook from scratch, even if you aren’t yet willing or able
to put that spade into the ground. For others, it will be thinking about the way
our food comes to the table and the mostly negative impact that transporting,
storing , and processing food has on our environment.6 • GROWING AT THE SPEED OF LIFE