Our daily lives have to be a satisfaction in themselves 我们的日常生活本身必须让我们感到满足

This is a new offset-printed bilingual (English-Chinese) trade edition of the award-winning book that chronicles forty years of Bloodroot—the legendary feminist vegetarian restaurant and bookstore in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Featuring personal-political essays by founders Selma Miriam and Noel Furie, alongside Noel’s own photographs, this volume will captivate anyone 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, and photographs by women of women, through the 2010s.

This special edition also includes a new preface written by co-author Noel Furie and editor Emily Larned especially for the Chinese-language readership.

Author: Noel Furie and Selma Miriam
Translators: Zhou Chang, Fu Yuchen
ISBN: 9789887648987
Pages: 224
Publication Date: June 15, 2026
Retail Price: 25 USD

Selma Miriam (1935–2025) was a feminist activist, landscape architect, cook, and co-founder of Bloodroot, the legendary feminist vegetarian restaurant and bookstore in Bridgeport, CT. In the 1970s she led NOW's Westport chapter, where she met Noel Furie. They opened Bloodroot in 1977 as a feminist collective. Miriam championed seasonal vegetarianism as a feminist ideal and rejected hierarchy—customers ordered at a window and cleared their own tables. A landscape architect, rock gardener, and orchid cultivator, she was friends with Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Mary Daly, and Judy Chicago.

Noel Furie (born 1944) is a community activist, cook, gardener, and photographer. She co-owns Bloodroot, joining the collective in 1978. Active in NOW's Westport chapter in the 1970s, she documented Bloodroot's history through her photography, including portraits of feminist icons Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Mary Daly, and Billie Potts. For over forty years she worked alongside Selma Miriam, running the restaurant and bookstore. In 2010, they donated their archives to Yale. In December 2025, at age 81, she announced Bloodroot's closure.