Summer Reading

With the official start of summer just around the corner, there is no better time to start planning your summer reading list. Whether you’re looking to learn more about nutrition, herbal medicine, and plant-forward cooking, or just craving a good old-fashioned page-turner (e.g., anything/everything by Michael Pollan), I’ve rounded up a list of some of my favorite reads. Many of these titles are available for sale at Ellwood’s. For any other books that pique your interest, check in with the Nourish Department about placing a special order or visit our friends at Chop Suey for all your literary needs.

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Cookbooks: For the seasoned or aspiring home cook looking to celebrate seasonal abundance, refine basic skills, and honor plants as the star of the culinary show.

• Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden
• Whole Food Cooking Everyday by Amy Chaplin
• The Kosmic Kitchen Cookbook by Sarah Kate Benjamin and Summer Ashley Singletary
• Eating Clean by Amie Valpone

Herbal Medicine: For those curious to learn more about herbs, their benefits and applications, how they work, and medicine making.

• Making Plant Medicine by Richo Cech
• Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide by Rosemary Gladstar
• The Herbal Handbook by David Hoffman
• The Herbal Medicine Maker’s Handbook by James Greene

Holistic Nutrition: A sampling of recent works covering different perspectives on how we may best nourish and care for ourselves with food through every age and stage of life.

• The Pegan Diet by Dr. Mark Hyman
• Deep Nutrition by Catherine Shanahan
• Grain Brain by Dr. David Perlmutter
• The First Forty Days by Amely Greeven, Heng Ou, and Marisa Belger

Miscellaneous: Books on plants, healing, humans and how we’re all connected.

• The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
• The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
• Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets
• Woman Code by Alisa Vitti
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan