The Carnivores Manifesto, Patrick Martins
The Carnivores Manifesto, Patrick Martins
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The Carnivore's Manifesto
Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat

Author: Patrick Martins, Mike Edison, Alice Waters

Narrator: Mike Edison

Unabridged: 3 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/10/2014


Synopsis

One of The Atlantic's Best Food Books of 2014: fifty ways to be an enlightened carnivore, while taking better care of our planet and ourselves, from the founder of Slow Food USA.

We have evolved as meat eaters, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it's futile to deny it. But, given the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming, we need to make smart, informed choices about the food we eat and where it comes from.

In 50 short chapters, Martins cuts through organize zealotry and the misleading jargon of food labeling to outline realistic steps everyone can take to be part of the sustainable-food movement. With wit, and insight, and no small amount of provocation, The Carnivore's Manifesto is both a revolutionary call to arms and a rollicking good read that will inspire, engage, and challenge anyone interested in the way we eat today.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beau on May 04, 2014

The Carnivore's Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat really is a manifesto. The author, Patrick Martins, has been instrumental in founding the Slow Food movement and is passionate about clean, sustainable, eating and farming. He uses words and phrases like 'complicit in their......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on January 05, 2024

I did not know anything about this book but decided to give it a try. I could have done without the unnecessary foul language, but the short book was interesting and informative. The author uses different voices at times and speaks quickly which made for a short, fun listen. I'll take some of the le......more

Goodreads review by David on May 04, 2017

In the introduction the authors dismisses the most commonly asked questions he encounters - "should we eat meat?", "what are the environmental consequences of doing so?" and "can this type of farming feed the world?" - with a flimsy single sentence evasion prefaced by "that's a stupid question". Wha......more

Goodreads review by Stardust on November 08, 2017

Didn't address most of the reasons people choose to be vegetarian. Read like a long, ranty sales brochure.......more

Goodreads review by Emily Mellow on December 17, 2022

Not the worst but also kind of the worst Definitely has some good things to say, but far too often I'm like, why am I reading this. It's very dogmatic, like a series of essays in a top-down format......more


Quotes

"The Carnivore's Manifesto is about a lot more than eating meat. It's about living well and having fun while being conscious of what goes into your body."—Mario Batali

"Patrick Martins is the shepherd of domesticated animal rights. Tend to them mercifully, then 'eat 'em if you want to keep 'em,' he's always said. This manifesto offers a unique perspective in an edgy, guerrilla style. You'll find it impossible to put to pasture."—Mark Ladner, executive chef at Del Posto, New York

"Read this book!"—Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International

"Martins, founder of Slow Foods USA and Heritage Foods USA . . . has created a blueprint for healthy eating, sustainable farming, biodiversity, as well as for protecting culinary traditions and cultural differences. [He] is passionate, preachy, and, above all, practical-he doesn't want you to make your own ketchup or give up pizza, just to buy the best meat and produce that is in season and to chose "quality" food over "commodity" food."—Publisher's Weekly