Hope's Edge : The Next Diet for a Small Planet

by Moore Lappe, Frances; Lappe, Anna

• ISBN13: 9781585422371
• ISBN10: 1585422371
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-28
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

Hope's Edgefollows the author of the classic Diet for a Small Planetand her daughter as they travel the world, discovering practical visionaries who are making a difference in world hunger, sometimes one village at a time. Thirty years ago, Frances Moore Lappé started a revolution in the way Americans think about food and hunger. Now Frances and her daughter, Anna, pick up where Diet for a Small Planetleft off. Together they set out on an around-the-world journey to explore the greatest challenges we face in the new millennium. Traveling to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, they discovered answers to one of the most urgent issues of our time: whether we can transcend the rampant consumerism and capitalism to find the paths that each of us can follow to heal our lives as well as the planet. Featuring nearly seventy recipes from celebrated vegetarian culinary pioneers-including Alice Waters, Mollie Katzen, Laurel Robertson, Nora Pouillon, and Anna Thomas-Hope's Edgehighlights true trailblazers engaged in social, environmental, and economic transformations.

Author Biography

Frances Moore Lappe is the author of more than a dozen other books. She is the cofounder of two national organizations that focus on food and the roots of democracy. In 1987, she became the fourth American to receive the coveted Right Livelihood Award, known as the "Alternative Nobel." Lappe was a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Anna Lappe voices the perspectives of her generation with a depth of experience from having lived and worked abroad, in South Africa, England, and France. She is a graduate of Brown and holds an MA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Anna is cofounder, with her mother, of the Small Planet Fund

Table of Contents

THE BEGINNING
An Opening Note	3	(2)
Prologue: Pushing the Edge of Hope	5	(8)
Maps of the Mind	13	(24)
Exposing five thought traps blocking our path
THE JOURNEY
The Delicious Revolution	37	(26)
California, U.S.---San Francisco Bay Area
Food First Spicy Garlic Eggplant	60	(1)
The Edible Schoolyard Empanada	61	(2)
The Battle for Human Nature	63	(30)
Brazil---Sao Paulo, Curitiba, and encampments
Beautiful Horizon	93	(11)
Brazil---Belo Horizonte
Feijoada (Tangy Black Beans) Dinner	102	(1)
Rice with Green Chili Sauce	103	(1)
Greens with Sesame Seed Topping and Orange Slices	103	(1)
The Hyacinth Principle	104	(34)
Bangladesh---Dhaka and villages
Bengali Lentil Soup	137	(1)
Seeking Annapoorna	138	(29)
India---New Delhi, the Punjab and villages
Coconut-Ginger Curry	165	(2)
Walking to Nairobi	167	(29)
Kenya---Nairobi and the village of Kyaume
Celebrating Root Vegetables Soup	194	(2)
Stirring the Sleeping Giant	196	(16)
Holland, Central America, and the U.S.
Indra and Sylvie's Chai	211	(1)
The Last Taste of Paris	212	(32)
Belgium and France---Brittany and Paris
Madame Reiffsteck's Apple Tart	241	(2)
Frisian Oat Curry	243	(1)
Taking Off the Cowboy Hat	244	(35)
Wisconsin, U.S.---Madison and Dane County
Fresh Peapod and Rice Salad	275	(4)
THE HOMECOMING
Traveling the Edge of Possibility	279	(140)
Learning the five liberating ideas helping us find our way
TAKING OFF
Epilogue	313	(2)
Entry Points	315	(13)
The Five Thought Traps & the Five Liberating Ideas	328	(8)
COMING TO OUR SENSES
Recipes from Pioneer Vegetarian and Whole-Foods Cookbook Authors	336	(20)
Recipes from Pioneer Chefs and Restaurants Bringing Us Organic and Whole Foods, and Celebrating Locally Grown Cuisine	356	(57)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A Short List of Recommended Books & Films	413	(2)
Hope's Edge Discussion Circles	415	(4)
Bibliography	419	(4)
Endnotes	423	(16)
Acknowledgments	439	(3)
Index	442	(9)
The Small Planet Fund	451