Introduction: Ethical Eating: Conversations, Collaborations, and Commitments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction: Ethical Eating: Conversations, Collaborations, and Commitments 1
4. Part I: Nature and Nurture
5. 1 The Four Directions of the Green Chile 13
6. 2 My Children’s First Garden 31
7. 3 My Children Shall Know the Pain They Consume 51
8. 4 The Plant 58
9. 5 Doves for Dinner 69
10. 6 Between the Shopping Cart and the Chinese Restaurant 80
11. Part II: Appetite and Restraint
12. 7 Who’s Feeding Bob? The Redemptive Power of Good Food 89
13. 8 Daddy’s Noodles 98
14. 9 My Body, Our Body, Her Body 103
15. 10 Appetite 123
16. 11 Men & Meat 135
17. 12 Herd 155
18. 13 Animal Bodies 159
19. 14 Botan Rice Candy 166
20. Part III: What’s Eating Us?
21. 15 What’s Eating Me 169
22. 16 Chocolate 188
23. 17 Do I Have to Give Up Chocolate? An Ethical Dilemma 190
24. 18 Farm Fresh: Harm and Healing 198
25. 19 Who Does Self-Service Serve? 217
26. 20 Unseen Hands 226
27. 21 In Celebration of Imperfect Plant-Based Eating 232
28. 22 Colonialism Ate My Body: Exploring the Intersections of Genocide and Diet from Manifest Destiny to Trendy Veganism 240
29. Part IV: Our Pasts Are Present
30. 23 Baldwins 267
31. 24 Resurrection of the Errand Girl 273
32. 25 The Afterlife 275
33. 26 Hot Sauce in My Veins 299
34. 27 An Afro-Indigenous Approach to Agriculture and Food Security 305
35. 28 Hunger Memories, the Pandemic, and Ethical Eating for the Anthropocene 311
36. 29 Identities and Inheritances: Reimagining Food Landscapes in the Pacific Northwest 327
37. Acknowledgments 345
38. Notes 347
39. About the Contributors 357