Can meat eaters and vegetarians ever understand each other? That's what Tara Austen Weaver is forced to find out for herself when she, a lifelong vegetarian, is given doctor's orders to eat meat in order to address chronic health issues. The Butcher and the Vegetarian is Weaver's memoir of her meat-eating experiment, from her first perplexing visit to the local butcher shop, to a savory cooking session with a barbeque chef, to an exploration of small-scale meat producers, including a visit on "slaughter day." In an engaging and honest voice, she describes both her detailed objections to meat production and the luscious experience of eating well-prepared beef and pork, struggling to balance her desires to live ethically and to savor life through food. It's a well-rounded approach that has something to appeal to readers from both camps, and might even help them gain some understanding of one another. - Michelle (Sunset)
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