About this item
Highlights
- After a childhood spent fishing for trout, Tovar Cerulli began to experiment withvegetarianism in his teens.
- Author(s): Tovar Cerulli
- 306 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Environmentalists & Naturalists
Description
About the Book
A vegan-turned-hunter explores the connection between humans and their food sources, inviting us to reconsider what it means to eat.Book Synopsis
After a childhood spent fishing for trout, Tovar Cerulli began to experiment with
vegetarianism in his teens. By the age of twenty, he was a vegan. A decade later, in
the face of declining health, he returned to omnivory and within a few years found
himself heading into the woods, rifle in hand.
Through his personal quest, Cerulli bridges the seemingly disparate worldviews of
hunting and vegetarianism: can fishing and hunting be respectful ways for humans
to connect with nature and their food? How harmless is vegetarianism? How do
we make peace with the fact that life is sustained by death? At once compassionate
and probing, The Mindful Carnivore offers fresh, thought-provoking ideas about the
food on our plates.
Review Quotes
"Delivers new insight in the too often simplistic vegetarian-versus-carnivore
argument." --Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City
"Seeking insight from family and friends, literature, and history,
Cerulli reevaluates his personal philosophy on meat eating and
hunting. He sets off into the woods to face a hard truth: Death is
integral to life, killing part of sustaining." --Audubon