Eat real food.

After a week in bed with the flu, I crawled on my bike and hauled myself to Safeway, thinking, as usual, that I might find food there. Hungry, tired, and wheezing, I pressed my way past a deli case full of white flour and sugar, and … Well, the grocery store can be really depressing, you know? (more…)

We live in a strange world. Other animals look around and sniff, exploring to see what’s good to eat. Humans read. We read packages, recipes, magazine articles, and books to tell us what to eat. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could eat more like the other creatures, by listening to our bodies and following our instincts? (more…)

Would your grandmother recognize the food you eat? In In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, Michael Pollan takes a look at what’s happened to America’s food in the past 100 years, and provides a clear explanation of industrial food, where it came from, and what we need to do about it.