The Ethical Carnivore
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-1-4088-6760-0 (ISBN)
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Inspired by the hand-wringing at middle class dinner parties, where everyone claims to care about animal welfare, Louise Gray sets out to find exactly where our meat comes from. The Ethical Carnivore takes the reader on the entire journey from field to fork, including the moment of death. At times shocking and always enlightening, the story promises to make us fully appreciate not only the farmers and fishermen behind our meals, but most of all the animals themselves.
Starting small, Louise shoots and traps game such as pigeon and squirrels, and learns how to skin and cook them in the traditional way. Louise infiltrates elite shoots and considers whether killing game birds can ever be justified. She bravely visits halal and non-halal slaughterhouses and finds out how animals are killed and processed, and the effect it has on the men and women who do it on our behalf.
The biggest animal Louise kills is a stag, in a chapter about blood lust, the question of masculinity and whether we are really meant to hunt and kill. At the end of the year, Louise goes wild fowling on the Isle of Lewis to shoot a goose for Christmas and reflects on how she has become more connected to nature and as a result a more compassionate person.
Confronting current anxiety about the modern food system, Louise Gray’s frank and funny writing encourages us all to reconnect with the countryside and take responsibility for the animals on our plates.
Louise Gray is former Environment Correspondent on The Daily Telegraph. Since 2014 she has been freelance, writing for the BBC, Scottish Field, Sunday Times, the Guardian, Country Life and the Spectator, among others. She specialises in writing about food, farming and climate change. You can find out more about Louise at www.louisebgray.com or follow her @loubgray
1. Blaze – Rabbit: Louise sets out on her journey to only eat what she kills herself and explains her reasons for doing so. Her first kill is a disaster. But it teachers Louise the importance of respecting animals and the challenges she will face. Recipe – WWII Rabbit curry
2. Pearls – Oyster: Louise explores the ethics of eating shellfish. Do they feel pain? Or is the state of the ocean a more important factor considering ethics? Recipe – Boozy mussels
3. Brownies – Trout: Louise goes fishing with George Monbiot and learns about fly-fishing. She learns about the connection between fishermen and the environment. Recipe – Brown trout wrapped in wild garlic
4. Game Bird – Pheasant: Louise tries game shooting. She is fascinated by the culture and tradition of it. But can it ever be ethical? Recipe – Pheasant in green butter
5. Minions – Piglets: Louise witnesses her first slaughterhouse and is shocked and upset. Recipe – Pig’s heid terrine
6. Soays – Sheep: Louise explores the history of farming and the work of farmers to raise animals well. She shoots and butchers a wild sheep. Recipe – Lamb’s liver pizza
7. Gobby Teens – Veal: Louise talks to the RSPCA about the history of animal slaughter. Recipe – Veal meatballs
8. Grown Ups – Cow: Louise learns how technology and science today is making the slaughter of cattle more humane. Recipe – Tongue sandwiches
9. Colin – Chicken: Louise visits a chicken farm and questions the move of animals into industrial agriculture. She kills and cooks a chicken. Recipe – Chicken soup for the soul
10. Vermin – Squirrel: Louise learns how to source meat as road kill. Is this more ethical? Recipe – Squirrel satay
11. Swine – Pig: Louise witnesses the ultimate industrialisation of animal farming in Denmark. Recipe – Veggie sausages
12. Sharks – Cod: Louise goes fishing for mackerel and cod. Can we continue to eat wild fish whilst protecting the oceans? Recipe – Cod roe on toast/Mackerel with gooseberry sauce
13. The Leaper – Salmon: Louise explores the growth of aquaculture. Is this a more ethical way to eat fish? Recipe – Kelp seaweed stir-fry
14. Damh – Stag: Louise kills a stag. What has she learned about women hunting animals for food. Recipe – Stag heart stew
15. Curious Vegan – Vegetables: Louise looks back on her year and considers the wider picture of why we eat meat and how we might as a society go forward. Recipe – Philosophical humus
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.9.2016 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 20 original greyscale artworks |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4088-6760-5 / 1408867605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4088-6760-0 / 9781408867600 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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