Everywoman's Almanac: 1998 (Diary, 1998 ed.)

Featuring twelve interviews of women on the significance of food in our lives, the 1998 Everywoman's Almanac delves into discussions of food as a means of celebration and deprivation, a means of communication, of employment, a fuel to sustain life, a connection to the earth, a path to spirituality, to our past, our heritage.

Women touch on the politics of a food bank, of malnutrition and starvation in North America and around the world. They share thoughts on cultural expectations of female emaciation, and it's consequences of poor body image, bulimia, anorexia; on gender role expectations that women be responsible for the preparation of family meals; on vegetarianism.

Says one woman: "Good food is like good sex. It satisfies you, enhances your spirit and puts you to sleep". Comments another: "Everyday I deal with people not having enough to eat, coming to the food bank, looking for something that I believe everyone should have equal access to".

The 1998 Everywoman's Almanac is a fascinating and varied collection of thoughts on a topic that touches all of our lives.
-- week-at-a-glance format
-- menstrual calendar
-- resource directory
-- address section
-- interviews, photographs, illustrations
-- convenient compact size
-- sewn or spiral binding
-- NEW a special recipe each month