A Recipe from Animal, Vegeatble, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Here's a recipe from our upcoming book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Come to our Meet and Greet this Saturday, January 26th at 1pm to learn a little about the first book, your fellow book club members and to talk about the titles for the coming year. We'll discuss Animal, Vegetable, Miracle on Saturday, February 23rd at 1pm.

Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a fresh and vibrant narrative about one family's quest to live a single year off of what they can grow or buy from local farmer's markets. It is written in a diary-like format and combines Kingsolver's prose with food facts written by her husband, Steven Hopp, and recipes and nutrition information provided by her daughter, Camille Kingsolver.

Here is one of the Seasonal Winter Recipes provided in the book:

2 medium sweet potatoes
1/2 onion
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp oregano
1 tbsp basil
1 tsp cumin
chile powder to taste
olive oil for sauté

Cut sweet potatoes into chunks, cook in steamer basket or microwave until soft, then mash. Chop and sauté garlic and onion in a large skillet. Add spices and sweet potato, mix well, adding a little water if it’s too sticky. Turn burner very low to keep warm without burning.

4 flour tortillas
4 oz. Brie or other medium soft cheese
2-3 leaves Swiss Chard
(or other greens)

Preheat oven to 400. Oil a large baking sheet, spread tortillas on it to lightly oil one side, then spread filling on half of each. Top with slices of Brie and shredded chard, then fold tortillas to close (oiled side out). Bake until browned and crisp (about 15 min.), cut into wedges for serving.

For more recipes visit http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com.

Riverview Launches Garden Therapy Book Club

Do you love books? We do! And we are brimming with excitement over Riverview's first ever Garden Therapy Book Club. We will begin with a "Meet and Greet" on Saturday, January 26th from 1-2pm. Here you'll get a chance to introduce yourself and learn a little about your fellow book club members while enjoying light refreshments provided by Riverview.

We will be discussing our first book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver on Saturday, February 23rd at 1pm.

"Novelist Barbara Kingsolver once wrote, "If we can't, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread." In Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, she manages to do both, applying her literary skills to a new food environment. In her seamless diary narrative, Kingsolver tells how she and her family relocated to southern Appalachia after suffering through years of drought in Arizona. The purpose of the move was simple: The Kingsolvers sought to "live in a place that could feed us" by growing their own food and living among a community of local organic growers."
 - Barnes and Noble

Don't have the book? Order it from us! We're partnering with The Wise Owl Bookstore in West Reading to order the titles for our book club. When you order from Riverview you'll get Animal, Vegetable Miracle for $13.59 + tax - a 15% discount off of the listed price. We take cash or checks for book orders. Stop in before the end of the day on Saturday, January 19th to order this book. Choose to pick up your book at Riverview or at The Wise Owl.

Garden Therapy Chats Begin Tomorrow

    

Join us for a cup of joe and some good ideers at our informal Garden Therapy Chats. Pose and answer questions about topics of your choice, share gardening tips, and swap ideas with your fellow green thumbs. Wind burn on your boxwoods? Icy arborvitaes? How do you beat the winter blues? Let’s talk about it! The chats take place at our Garden Center the first Saturday of each from 10-11am.  And don't worry, we won't judge you if you stay in your jammies. What: Garden Therapy Chats Where: Riverview Nursery 3049 Pricetown Rd, Temple, Pa 19560 When: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 from 10-11am Contact: 610.929.5049