Showing posts with label KarenDuve AnständigEssen book German diet food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KarenDuve AnständigEssen book German diet food. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

106/365 Saturday, 04/16/2011

I bought this book while I was in Germany in March. Its title is a pun. "Anständig" means "decent" or "respectable" -- upstanding. When put together with the verb "essen" it means as much as "a decent" as in full/square meal. The author, whose writing style is very funny in a dry, self-deprecating way, tested different kinds of diet regimes for months at a time--being a locavore, a vegetarian, a vegan even a raw-foodist. I've only read the beginning because I have two books I want to finish before I start it, but I'm looking forward to it.