Leisure stuff
Here are some books that I borrowed from the library to calm my occasional “intellectual” curiosity about some subject matters. Current curiosity is vegetarianism/veganism. There are several vegetarian students and there’s also a vegan (purely plant-based diet, no eggs and dairy) in my department and I’m always intriqued by their choice. In Malaysia, most vegetarians that I know of are what I call temporary vegetarians, they go on vegetarian diet some days of the year and mostly due to religious reasons. In the US, it’s seldom a religious reason but more of animal rights, anti-establishment and personal health issues. So I read about it, thought over it and decided at this point in life, there are more important areas that I should focus my efforts into…so no, I’m no vegetarian. But the books were very compelling especially The China Study and the Food Revolution.
Anyway here’s the list of books that I read in the last month and a very short summary of each book.
1. Vegan with a Vengeance by Moskowitz - A vegan cookbook.
2. The Food Revolution by Robbins - How your diet can help save your life and our world.
3. Becoming vegan by Davis & Melina - A general information book about veganism.
4. The China Study by Campbell - Comparing the health of rural Chinese people who eat mostly plant-based diet and Americans with their mostly animal-based diet.
5. Vegetarian America by Iacobbo - The history of vegetarianism in America.
6. Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper - His memoir of war, disasters, and survival. He is my favorite news person.
7. Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat by Moriyama & Doyle - The author’s experience with typical food in the US and her return to her roots, in terms of food.
8. Alton Brown’s Gear for Your Kitchen - AB’s views of, and his favorite kitchen gadgets. He is my favorite Food Network person.
