Written with a profound respect for the earth, Meredith reveals ways of remaining connected to nature, including the sources of her food, while living a busy city life. Nowadays, many urbanites yearn for the locavore lifestyle. Meredith actually demonstrates the joys and travails of living it like preserving food in jars that were stored for months beneath her bed, as she described in a New York Times Metro Section article in August 2008 or foraging for edible plants in New York City parks.