Herewith an email I received a few years back from a reader:

Your writing is an embarrassment. Please give up your writing career and get a socially useful job. The world would be a better place.

Nevertheless, I’ve persisted.

Read an excerpt from The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat in America

The Price of Plenty is my latest book (October 2025). This is my truest labor of love. I dropped what I’d been working on (a new book about beer) in order to make this one. I’m happy with it. Perhaps you will be, too.

You can buy it at any bookstore (eg, Amazon, B&N, bookshop.org), or ask your library to get a copy.

If you enjoy it, tell a friend. If you don’t, tell me.

As always, thanks for making reading a part of your life.