I loved this book. Parts of it made me queasy, parts of it made me angry, but most of it left me wanting to learn more, which I think has to be part of what Davis was hoping to achieve. She effortless blends personal memoir with personal essay and approaches her audience with respect and on their level. Recommended.

This was a big miss for me. I wanted to enjoy the adventure but I found the writing style hard to digest.

I love food memoirs. I love books about France. I love books where the author reinvents their life. This book ticked all the boxes yet was more self involved than I hoped it would be.

I found this to be mostly enjoyable, but it could have been edited a bit. There were many instances of repetitive writing, such as the constant reminder that the conversations in the first chapter were being done through an interpreter, which almost made me give before I started. The whole book would also benefit from being a bit shorter (kind of ironic that Davis's work could be sharper.)

Camas Davis loses hero as a food writer and editor in New Yorkan returns home to Oregon trying to figure. out what to do next with her life. After a friend tells her about Kate Hill who lives in Gascony, France and what she does, Camas decides to go learn everything that she. An from her including pig butchery. Fascinating memoir about becoming a butcher and beginning a meat collective in Portland, Oregon.