Eco-Entrees: Conscious Food Choices for a Sustainable Environment

ECO-ENTREES: Debating Conscious Food Choices for a Sustainable Environment (426 pages, 7 X 10 format) is an informative portrayal about nine dinner guests who meet at a posh Middle Eastern restaurant in Tucson, Arizona. Their weekly gatherings are spirited engagements and this particular evening's get together is no exception. The subjects of food, nutrition, and the environment are the main topics the friends openly discuss and objectively analyze. Hence, they are receptive to new ideas and never antagonistic toward each other given anything that comes up in conversation. Their meeting of minds also reveals the diversity of their individual preferences for food choices. For instance, some of their dietary preferences favor meat, some favor vegetarians or quasi-vegetarians. Eco-Entree's four chapters (plus six supplements) coincide with the four main entrees served throughout the evening soiree. Along with the dinner, minor diatribes introduced by each guest will enliven the discourse. Therefore, opposing views meant to garner a dialogue of diverse interests and subject matter. By the time these dinner guests leave the restaurant, there is much for the reader to consider given the different dietary preferences mentioned throughout the text. Namely, a variety of food choices; also, how one's diet directly or indirectly affects the environment. Hence, the ecological theme that's imbued throughout the narrative. Because ecosystems throughout the world are in jeopardy in contemporary times, including those eco-sensitive sectors that are on the brink of destruction or those that have already failed, sustainability, as a topical adjective applied to dietary preferences has become a priority for many countries. Eco-Entrees instills this primary concern, Q.E.D. By demonstrating how wiser dietary choices coupled with ecological insights, fostering this attitude not only improves wellness and nutrition for individuals who practice this doctrine but also helps sustain the environment at all levels. Regarding the six supplements, this part of the text suffices as an encapsulated version of Grey's Anatomy. The descriptions of the body's organs, as well as the explanation of each organ's utility also reveals not only the function of the organ, but also what happens to organs when the body is corrupted (i.e., not healthy, and, therefore, diseased). In other words, what happens to people who choose not to exercise or indulge in a healthy and consistent diet. One of the supplements also depicts a fictional and graphic account of someone who suffers a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. Consequently, the consequence of what happens to those who enjoy eating food selections that constitute a poor diet (read "ruinous" in every respect). The thrust of Eco-Entrees pivots on a healthy diet, but realistically the book is about making conscious food choices for a sustainable environment. Thus, dietary preferences that are not only good for the human body but also abet the wellness of the Mother Earth. By the way, for those of you who are familiar with Gabriel Cousens, CONSCIOUS EATING book, this epic work on nutrition and sustainability was one of my favorite resources that inspired me to write ECO-ENTREES. To read and learn more about this unique text, please visit my website (www.richholtzin.com), scroll down to Eco-Entrees and peruse the complete synopsis. There is also a sample of the text (both options are embedded URLs.)

About the Author :
The author writes and publishes under the nom de plume, RK ALLEMAN because the name more accurately describes his heritage. After being Honorably Discharged from the Navy (submarine service), he has lived in the West and Southwest for over four decades. Earning three academic degrees in Eastern and Western Philosophy, for nearly 30 years RK (as RICH HOLTZIN, his legal name) made a living as an outdoors educator and interpreter teaching a variety of geosciences, human, and natural history geared to the Colorado Plateau Province. Additionally, RK was a professional studio and stage musician and taught guitar and music theory, including composing two soundtracks for the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Parks; a high school Educational Assistant and Substitute Teacher; a commercial pilot flying a variety of aircraft; a professional photographer; a GPS surveyor and topographical mapper for the U. S. Forest Service; a planetarium control room operator; a museum docent; and the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. What RK is more enthused about, however, is serving in the role of an interpretive guide and educator for the Grand Canyon Field Institute (a National Park Service endorsed outreach program (http: //bit.ly/1D6YS1u). He was also an instructor at Northern Arizona University and Yavapai College (respectively, Flagstaff and Prescott), as well as the owner of a Southwest eco and cultural tourism enterprise. Fairly recently, he became the Executive Director of a think tank in Albuquerque, based on astronautics and aerospace S.T.E.M. classroom projects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), including the co-author of a math-lab book based on rocketry. (www.stemfortheclassroom.com) For more of RICH HOLTZIN'S backstory, peruse his website under his legal name: www.richholtzin.com