A young woman in NYC decides to conduct an experiment and doesn't eat out at restaurants for 2 years, with some minor exceptions. It is a fascinating read, even though sometimes she gives too much attention to her daily routine (do I really care about the boyfriend? Not sure). She didn't inspire me to stop spending so much money on eating out, though, and I have been trying to pay better attention to the quality of food I eat. ( )

Most people in New York eat out all the time. I mean ALL THE TIME....this woman decides to not eat out for a year. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. If she gets a taste for something, she makes it. But it's not just cooking for herself, this is no Julie and Julia...she experiences supper clubs and freeganism. Cooking galore.

I really enjoyed this book. ( )

Quite enjoyable. For me, it was about 50 pages too long, and could have used another edit - there were so many characters who were introduced one time and never followed up on, that it got a little confusing. Overall, though, really interesting. ( )

This was just what I needed to get excited for CSA season! It also makes me want to join an underground supper club and enter a cook-off of some kind. ( )

At first I liked the book, interesting topic lot`s of information about wasting food and reducing trash, living healthy and spending less money and still be sociable. After 150 pages it got little dull. Page long descriptions about food, nothing ever goes wrong, it always turns out great. She eats and eats and doesn`t even become bigger. Gets old after a while.
Little social life is woven in but not enough to make her an interesting person.
And I hate to try and find the recipes without an index and cooking with a book that won`t stay open during cooking. Some of the recipes are really good. I just have to copy them out of the book. ( )