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Synopsis:

Eating with My Mouth Openis food writing like you’ve never seen before: honest, bold, and exceptionally tasty. Sam van Zweden’s personal and cultural exploration of food, memory, and hunger revels in body positivity, dissects wellness culture and all its flaws, and shares the joys of being part of a family of chefs.

Celebrating food and all the bodies it nurtures,Eating with My Mouth Open considers the true meaning of nourishment within the broken food system we live in. Not holding back from difficult conversations about mental illness, weight, and wellbeing, Sam van Zweden advocates for body politics that are empowering, productive, and meaningful.

Review:

I think you hit a certain point in your life where you are more interested in health then you were in previous years, and I seem to be on that bandwagon at the moment. So, when the chance popped up to read this gem, I couldn’t resist.

You do have to get through a fair amount of personal chatter to get to the goods. And I get it, you want to build a relationship between author and reader, but I just didn’t see the value in knowing the stories at the start of the book. It was like meeting a drunk girl in a bar that tells you about your family tree. “That’s great hunny, but I just want to order another whiskey.”

Once you dive past the personal aspect, you get to enjoy the thought-provoking examination on food, body image and how we consume food. It wasn’t entirely news to me and the author and I have very similar thoughts on food as a whole but I hope that it is used as an educational piece for others.

Rating: 3/5

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

ISBN: 9781742236988