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In Defense of Food

I sympathize with Pollan's reaction against phony nutritionism. I like the way the French eat too. But I get tired of that worldview where everything we approve of lines up on one side, and everything we don't approve of lines up on the other. Claiming that Big Money, Big Oil, Corporations (hiss) foster obesity make it easy to criticize. But he has nothing to say about the great cultural shift which has liberated women from domestic chores and permitted them some independence, i.e., a job. Grandmother didn't cook with guar gum, and yes, the farming "grandmother" of his imagination prepared all the families' food from scratch -- but she spent at least 5 hours a day doing so.

madmad at 7:27AM on 01/05/08

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In Defense of Food

As a person who buys both Gogurts and Sara Lee Soft & Smooth whole wheat white bread for my kids, I was a little overwhelmed by the scale of changes needed to follow these recommendations. Since reading this very interesting book, it has been a challenge to find food products with less than five ingredients and that fit all the other criteria (e.g., no high fructose corn syrup). I would be interested in strategies for moving in the whole food direction, that would not require me to quit my full-time job and/or spending the entire weekend shopping, preparing and cooking.

aneum at 1:03PM on 04/15/08

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In Defense of Food

Unlike the wise greentwist who commented above, I did make the airport impulse buy last weekend . . . but the book was worth it and I wrote a review on my blog here. Cheers to another year of Serious Eats.

FoodRockzMan at 5:57PM on 01/11/08