ENDANGERED EATING America's Vanishing Foods

Sarah Lohman is a surprisingly effective narrator of her thoughtful audiobook. She narrates with a pointed reportorial style and measured cadence that suit this text on vanishing foods. She does Native accents impressively in sections on the Navajo (Diné) and Choctaw people. And she's an active participant in the journey to test and taste foods identified by the Ark of Taste, an arm of the Slow Food International movement, which "fights for the conservation of endangered edibles." Her American forays take her to the Salish Sea to work reef-caught salmon, to a Navajo reservation to help butcher the unique four-horned sheep called Churro, and to Ohio, where she learns about Buckeye chicken, a locally celebrated bird. She is an intrepid eater and energetic narrator. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2024]