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My Organic Life

How a Pioneering Chef Helped Shape the Way We Eat Today

by Nora Pouillon
Laura Fraser
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A wonderfully engaging memoir from the woman who founded America's first certified organic restaurant, My Organic Life is the story of an unheralded culinary pioneer who made it her mission to bring delicious, wholesome foods to the American table.
While growing up on a farm in the Austrian Alps and later in Vienna, Nora Pouillon was surrounded by fresh and delicious foods. So when she and her French husband moved to Washington, D.C., in the 1960s, she was horrified to discover a culinary culture dominated by hormone-bloated meat and unseasonal vegetables. The distance between good, healthy produce and what even the top restaurants were serving was vast, and Nora was determined to bridge that gap.
First as a cooking teacher, then as a restaurant owner, and eventually as the country's premier organic restaurateur, she charted a path that forever changed our relationship with what we eat. Since it opened in 1979, her eponymous restaurant has been a hot spot for reporters, celebrities, and politicians—from Jimmy Carter to the Obamas—alike. Along the way, Nora redefined what food could be, forging close relationships with local producers and launching initiatives to take the organic movement mainstream.
As much the story of America's postwar culinary history as it is a memoir, My Organic Life encompasses the birth of the farm-to-table movement, the proliferation of greenmarkets across the country, and the evolution of the chef into social advocate. Spanning the last forty years of our relationship with food, My Organic Life is the deeply personal, powerfully felt story of the organic revolution—by the unlikely heroine at its forefront.

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    April 21, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9780385350761
      • File size: 4568 KB

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      • ISBN: 9780385350761
      • File size: 4732 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2015

      Pouillon, owner of Restaurant Nora in Washington, DC, has the distinction of owning the first restaurant to be certified as organic, in 1999. The author's early childhood was spent at a farm far from her home of Vienna where her family would be safe from the war. There Pouillon learned how to eat fresh from the fields, and as she traveled throughout Europe she discovered the goodness of locally grown food. Moving to the United States, she was appalled at the chemically altered items Americans ate and strove to find fresh, wholesome, and economical provisions for her family. As she began to entertain she found she had a knack for planning meals, which led to giving cooking lessons and then running a small restaurant. Seeking to educate as well as please her customers, Pouillon often led the charge for government standards in organics and environmentally conscious foods. Her restaurant today is an institution and the unofficial meeting place for many politicians and journalists in the nation's capital. VERDICT This autobiography is a good choice for those interested in a restaurateur's life or those wishing to know more about the field of organics. Unfortunately, there are no recipes included. Look to the author's other books Cooking with Nora and Cooking in a Healthy Way, for those.--Jane Hebert, Glenside P.L. Dist., Glendale Heights, IL

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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