Nicole Walker made cheese and grew tomatoes as a means of coping with her failed attempt to get pregnant. Her Mormon ancestors canned peaches to prepare for the End of Days and congealed beef broth into aspic as a surefire cure for ailment. Throughout the richly layered essays of Processed Meats, Walker ponders the ways we process disaster, repackage it, and turn it into something edible. | Processed Meats by Nicole Walker, Paperback | Indigo Chapters