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Read Michael Pollan
"Tell me what you eat and I shall tell you what
you are." Brillat-Savarin
No matter what you eat, The Omnivore's
Dilemma is the most important book of the
21st Century.
Buy it! Read it!
Tell your friends! Tell your enemies!
My review of Omnivore's Dilemma at Amazon
"Tell me what you eat and I shall tell you what
you are." Brillat-Savarin
No matter what you eat, The Omnivore's
Dilemma is the most important book of the
21st Century.
Buy it! Read it!
Tell your friends! Tell your enemies!
My review of Omnivore's Dilemma at Amazon
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Pollan's Rules for Healthy Eating
Woo hoo! Just out: In
Defense of Food: An Eater's
Manifesto by Michael Pollan.
Run, don't walk, run to your
local book seller and buy it
today!
Defense of Food: An Eater's
Manifesto by Michael Pollan.
Run, don't walk, run to your
local book seller and buy it
today!
“The work of growing food contributes to your health long before
you sit down to eat it, of course, but there is something
particularly fitting about enlisting our body in its own sustenance.
Much of what we call recreation or exercise consists of pointless
physical labor, so it is especially satisfying, when we can give that
labor a point. But gardening consists of mental work as well:
learning about the different varieties; figuring out which do best
under the conditions of your garden; acquainting yourself with the
various microclimates—the subtle differences in light, moisture,
and soil quality across even the tiniest patch of earth; and devising
ways to outwit pests without resorting to chemicals. None of this
work is terribly difficult; much of t is endlessly gratifying, and never
more so than in the hour immediately before dinner, when I take a
knife and a basket out to the garden to harvest whatever has
declared itself ripest and tastiest.
Among other things, tending a garden reminds us of our ancient
evolutionary bargain with these ingenious domestic species—how
cleverly they insinuate themselves into our lives, repaying the care
and space we give them with the gift of good food. Each has its
own way of announcing—through a change of color, shape, smell,
texture, or taste—that the moment when it has the very most to
offer us, when it is at its sweetest and most nourishing, has
arrived: Pick me!”
From In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
copyright 2008 Michael Pollan All rights reserved
you sit down to eat it, of course, but there is something
particularly fitting about enlisting our body in its own sustenance.
Much of what we call recreation or exercise consists of pointless
physical labor, so it is especially satisfying, when we can give that
labor a point. But gardening consists of mental work as well:
learning about the different varieties; figuring out which do best
under the conditions of your garden; acquainting yourself with the
various microclimates—the subtle differences in light, moisture,
and soil quality across even the tiniest patch of earth; and devising
ways to outwit pests without resorting to chemicals. None of this
work is terribly difficult; much of t is endlessly gratifying, and never
more so than in the hour immediately before dinner, when I take a
knife and a basket out to the garden to harvest whatever has
declared itself ripest and tastiest.
Among other things, tending a garden reminds us of our ancient
evolutionary bargain with these ingenious domestic species—how
cleverly they insinuate themselves into our lives, repaying the care
and space we give them with the gift of good food. Each has its
own way of announcing—through a change of color, shape, smell,
texture, or taste—that the moment when it has the very most to
offer us, when it is at its sweetest and most nourishing, has
arrived: Pick me!”
From In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
copyright 2008 Michael Pollan All rights reserved