Now you absolutely have to find out what the controversy’s all about, don’t you? Recipes are a great promise, too, as everyone loves to discover a new recipe (and you won’t want to miss out on these).
Michael Pollan On Marketing Food
The headline intrigued me: “Omnivore
Food – Not Nutrients – Is The Fundamental Unit In Nutrition
We need to shift our focus away from “nutrients” and towards “food” in order to understand the effects nutrition has on health. Why? Because whole foods are so much more complex than nutritional science can understand.
Focusing too narrowly on nutrients has obscured the true value of eating Real Food.
An Interview With Nina Planck
Nina Planck wrote the book on Real Food. Literally. Many people read Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma (a FoodRenegade Must Read) and wondered: now what?
They still didn’t know what to eat. They only knew that they wanted to opt out of the industrialized food system in favor of something more sustainable, ethical, and nutritious. Nina Planck’s book Real Food: What to Eat and Why answered those questions.
Real Food Hits The New York Times
After last week’s 60 Minutes feature on Alice Waters and the Slow Food movement, I danced a little jig. Sure I was a bit annoyed at some aspects of the coverage, but it was coverage.
Guess who appeared on the cover the The New York Times Sunday Business section yesterday?
(I made this too easy, didn’t I?)
Michael Pollan: On Traditional Food Cultures
Here’s a gem of an interview with Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, in which he talks about the wisdom of traditional food cultures and what practical advice we can glean from them. Enjoy!
Junk Food Isn’t All Bad
…at least not if you take Michael Pollan’s advice and only eat junk food you make yourself. (Don’t know who Michael Pollan is? You absolutely MUST READ his bestselling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. It’s the single most important book on food in America today.) I tend to agree with Pollan’s assessment. If you only eat…