A new trade edition of the award-winning book documenting 40 years of Bloodroot, the legendary feminist vegetarian restaurant and bookstore in Bridgeport, CT. Comprising personal-political essays by founders Selma Miriam and Noel Furie and photographs by Noel, this book is for you if you’re interested in:

second wave feminism, radical lesbian feminism, vegetarianism, work collectives, fiber arts, the 1970s, seasonal eating, female-centered spirituality, autobiography, growing food, the 1980s, independent bookstores, worker-owned restaurants, veganism, feminist businesses, the 1990s, global cooking, feminist theory, utopian movements, personal-political essays, the 2000s, debunking health fads, radical suburbia, mother & daughter relationships, photographs by women of women, the 2010s. The footnotes on nearly every page comprise a suggested reading list for many (if perhaps not all) of these topics.

This book may also be of interest if you like: books made from archives; books designed with contemporary typefaces, books printed entirely in the color burgundy, books originally edited, designed, printed, and hand-bound by the artist-publisher; Bridgeport books; Connecticut books; books with pictures of cats in them; books that have won fancy design awards.

Plus over 70 of Noel Furie’s original photographs of Bloodroot and friends, including feminist luminaries Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Mary Daly, Billie Potts.