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Michael Pollan quotes: All these activities are forms of adult play that also serve as ceremonial acts of remembering - who we are, where we came from, how nature works. All these activities are forms of adult play that also serve as ceremonial acts of remembering - who we are, where we came from, how nature works.
Michael Pollan quotes: Cooking might be the most important factor in fixing our public health crisis. It's the single most important thing you can do for your health. Cooking might be the most important factor in fixing our public health crisis. It's the single most important thing you can do for your health.
Michael Pollan quotes: The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead." This The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead." This
Michael Pollan quotes: Do all your eating at a table. Do all your eating at a table.
Michael Pollan quotes: Rule No. 12: shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle. Rule No. 12: shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle.
Michael Pollan quotes: To wit, can authenticity be aware of itself as such and still be authentic? I To wit, can authenticity be aware of itself as such and still be authentic? I
Michael Pollan quotes: Traditional diets are more than the sum of their food parts. Traditional diets are more than the sum of their food parts.
Michael Pollan quotes: Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north. Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north.
Michael Pollan quotes: The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms. The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
Michael Pollan quotes: Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most afflicts the gardener. Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most afflicts the gardener.
Michael Pollan quotes: Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you. Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you.
Michael Pollan quotes: It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins. It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins.
Michael Pollan quotes: The transformation which occurs in the cauldron is quintessential and wondrous, subtle and delicate. The mouth cannot express it in words. The transformation which occurs in the cauldron is quintessential and wondrous, subtle and delicate. The mouth cannot express it in words.
Michael Pollan quotes: The environment is not just around you, it's passing through you. The environment is not just around you, it's passing through you.
Michael Pollan quotes: It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food. It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food.
Michael Pollan quotes: Our modern civilization returns exceedingly little of what it borrows. -Martin Renner Our modern civilization returns exceedingly little of what it borrows. -Martin Renner
Michael Pollan quotes: Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again. Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again.
Michael Pollan quotes: Any food product that feels compelled to tell you it's natural in all likelihood is not. Any food product that feels compelled to tell you it's natural
in all likelihood is not.
Michael Pollan quotes: Rule No.37 The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead. Rule No.37 The whiter the bread, the sooner you'll be dead.
Michael Pollan quotes: Cooking (from scratch) is the single most important thing we could do as a family to improve our health and general well-being. Cooking (from scratch) is the single most important thing we could do as a family to improve our health and general well-being.
Michael Pollan quotes: So: Ask yourself not, Am I full ?but, Is my hunger gone?That moment will arrive several bites sooner. So: Ask yourself not, Am I full ?
but, Is my hunger gone?
That moment will arrive several bites sooner.
Michael Pollan quotes: The short, unhappy life of a corn-fed feedlot steer represents the ultimate triumph of industrial thinking over the logic of evolution. The short, unhappy life of a corn-fed feedlot steer represents the ultimate triumph of industrial thinking over the logic of evolution.
Michael Pollan quotes: Suffering ... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread. Suffering ... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread.
Michael Pollan quotes: A collective spasm of carbophobia seized the country, ... A collective spasm of carbophobia seized the country, ...
Michael Pollan quotes: What an extraordinary achievement for a civilization: to have developed the one diet that reliably makes its people sick! What an extraordinary achievement for a civilization: to have developed the one diet that reliably makes its people sick!
Michael Pollan quotes: Twenty thousand birds moved away from me as one, like a ground-hugging white cloud, clucking softly. Twenty thousand birds moved away from me as one, like a ground-hugging white cloud, clucking softly.
Michael Pollan quotes: Shake the hand that feeds you. Shake the hand that feeds you.
Michael Pollan quotes: In ancient Greece, the word for "cook," "butcher," and "priest" was the same - mageiros - and the word shares an etymological root with "magic. In ancient Greece, the word for "cook," "butcher," and "priest" was the same - mageiros - and the word shares an etymological root with "magic.
Michael Pollan quotes: Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it
Michael Pollan quotes: It is very much in the interest of the food industry to exacerbate our anxieties about what to eat, the better to then assuage them with new products. It is very much in the interest of the food industry to exacerbate our anxieties about what to eat, the better to then assuage them with new products.
Michael Pollan quotes: But don't take the silence of the yams as a sign that they have nothing valuable to say about health. But don't take the silence of the yams as a sign that they have nothing valuable to say about health.
Michael Pollan quotes: My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it. My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.
Michael Pollan quotes: A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius. A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius.
Michael Pollan quotes: How do the alchemies of the kitchen transform the raw stuffs of nature into some of the great delights of human culture? How do the alchemies of the kitchen transform the raw stuffs of nature into some of the great delights of human culture?
Michael Pollan quotes: A good pot holds memories. A good pot holds memories.
Michael Pollan quotes: If you're cooking food, you don't have to count calories. If you're cooking food, you don't have to count calories.
Michael Pollan quotes: Real food is alive and there for it should eventually die. Real food is alive and there for it should eventually die.
Michael Pollan quotes: We're in the explanation business, and if the answers to the questions we explore got too simple, we'd be out of work. We're in the explanation business, and if the answers to the questions we explore got too simple, we'd be out of work.
Michael Pollan quotes: One of those rare books that demands you either defend the way you live or change it. Because One of those rare books that demands you either defend the way you live or change it. Because
Michael Pollan quotes: Lawns are a form of television Lawns are a form of television
Michael Pollan quotes: Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well. Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.
Michael Pollan quotes: If people eat healthy food, they will save enough to compensate for the food price being healthier and spending less on healthcare. If people eat healthy food, they will save enough to compensate for the food price being healthier and spending less on healthcare.
Michael Pollan quotes: Be the kind of person who takes supplements then skip the supplements. Be the kind of person who takes supplements
then skip the supplements.
Michael Pollan quotes: Johnny Appleseed was revered . he was ... an evangelist (of a doctrine veering perilously close to pantheism). Johnny Appleseed was revered . he was ... an evangelist (of a doctrine veering perilously close to pantheism).
Michael Pollan quotes: The wonderful thing about food is you get three votes a day. Every one of them has the potential to change the world. The wonderful thing about food is you get three votes a day. Every one of them has the potential to change the world.
Michael Pollan quotes: I really try to write as an ordinary person would, not as someone who's too sophisticated about food, or too knowledgeable about things. I really try to write as an ordinary person would, not as someone who's too sophisticated about food, or too knowledgeable about things.
Michael Pollan quotes: Not that I'm against meat eating. But I think we're eating too much. Not that I'm against meat eating. But I think we're eating too much.
Michael Pollan quotes: I'm not talking about having to consult Julia Child before you can take a pot off the rack. I think that's something we can all do more and do better. I'm not talking about having to consult Julia Child before you can take a pot off the rack. I think that's something we can all do more and do better.
Michael Pollan quotes: Great cooking is all about the three 'p's: patience, presence, and practice. Great cooking is all about the three 'p's: patience, presence, and practice.
Michael Pollan quotes: Though they won't say, it has been estimated that Cargill and ADM together probably buy somewhere near a third of all the corn grown in America. Though they won't say, it has been estimated that Cargill and ADM together probably buy somewhere near a third of all the corn grown in America.
Michael Pollan quotes: Don't get your fuel from the same place your car does Don't get your fuel from the same place your car does
Michael Pollan quotes: America ships tons of sugar cookies to Denmark and Denmark ships tons of sugar cookies to America. Wouldn't it be more efficient just to swap recipes? America ships tons of sugar cookies to Denmark and Denmark ships tons of sugar cookies to America. Wouldn't it be more efficient just to swap recipes?
Michael Pollan quotes: (Wes Jackson calls our species "homo the homogenizer.") (Wes Jackson calls our species "homo the homogenizer.")
Michael Pollan quotes: The microwave is as antisocial as the cook fire is communal. The microwave is as antisocial as the cook fire is communal.
Michael Pollan quotes: The bread was so powerfully aromatic that, had I been alone, I would have been tempted to push my face into it. The bread was so powerfully aromatic that, had I been alone, I would have been tempted to push my face into it.
Michael Pollan quotes: Food is a costly antidepressant. Food is a costly antidepressant.
Michael Pollan quotes: Instead of eating exclusively from the sun, humanity now began to sip petroleum. Instead of eating exclusively from the sun, humanity now began to sip petroleum.
Michael Pollan quotes: Cooking meat over a fire is one of the most stirring of those ritual acts, usually performed outdoors, on special occasions, in public, and by men. Cooking meat over a fire is one of the most stirring of those ritual acts, usually performed outdoors, on special occasions, in public, and by men.
Michael Pollan quotes: The banquet is in the first bite. The banquet is in the first bite.
Michael Pollan quotes: Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about. Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about.
Michael Pollan quotes: Essentially, we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food. Essentially, we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food.
Michael Pollan quotes: [Smil] estimates that two of every five humans on Earth today would not be alive if not for Fritz Haber's invention of the Haber-Bosch process. [Smil] estimates that two of every five humans on Earth today would not be alive if not for Fritz Haber's invention of the Haber-Bosch process.
Michael Pollan quotes: Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has. Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has.
Michael Pollan quotes: Don't eat anything incapable of rotting. Don't eat anything incapable of rotting.
Michael Pollan quotes: Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand. Perhaps more than any other, the food industry is very sensitive to consumer demand.
Michael Pollan quotes: Corporations cook very differently from how people do. Corporations cook very differently from how people do.
Michael Pollan quotes: For as long as the carnival of capitalism lasts, the rules of logic are repealed ... For as long as the carnival of capitalism lasts, the rules of logic are repealed ...
Michael Pollan quotes: Planted, a single corn seed yielded more than 150 fat kernels, often as many as 300, while the return on a seed of wheat was something less than 50:1 Planted, a single corn seed yielded more than 150 fat kernels, often as many as 300, while the return on a seed of wheat was something less than 50:1
Michael Pollan quotes: I like to be able to open a can of stock and I like to talk about politics, or the movies, at the dinner table sometimes instead of food. I like to be able to open a can of stock and I like to talk about politics, or the movies, at the dinner table sometimes instead of food.
Michael Pollan quotes: As I've heard some bakers say, baking takes a lot of time, but for the most part it's not YOUR time. As I've heard some bakers say, baking takes a lot of time, but for the most part it's not YOUR time.
Michael Pollan quotes: Part of the appeal of hamburgers and nuggets is that their boneless abstractions allow us to forget we're eating animals. Part of the appeal of hamburgers and nuggets is that their boneless abstractions allow us to forget we're eating animals.
Michael Pollan quotes: We moderns are great compartmentalizers, perhaps never more so than when hungry. We moderns are great compartmentalizers, perhaps never more so than when hungry.
Michael Pollan quotes: Memory is the enemy of wonder Memory is the enemy of wonder
Michael Pollan quotes: People who smoked cannabis were Other, and the cannabis they smoked threatened to let their Otherness loose in the land. People who smoked cannabis were Other, and the cannabis they smoked threatened to let their Otherness loose in the land.
Michael Pollan quotes: I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification. I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.
Michael Pollan quotes: Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature. Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.
Michael Pollan quotes: Tree planting is always a utopian enterprise, it seems to me, a wager on a future the planter doesn't necessarily expect to witness. Tree planting is always a utopian enterprise, it seems to me, a wager on a future the planter doesn't necessarily expect to witness.
Michael Pollan quotes: We are what we eat, it is often said, but of course that's only part of the story. We are what what we eat eats too. We are what we eat, it is often said, but of course that's only part of the story. We are what what we eat eats too.
Michael Pollan quotes: Farms produce a lot more than food; they also produce a kind of landscape and a kind of community. Farms produce a lot more than food; they also produce a kind of landscape and a kind of community.
Michael Pollan quotes: One USDA scientist went so far as to claim that there has never been a documented case of food-borne illness from eating fermented vegetables. One USDA scientist went so far as to claim that there has never been a documented case of food-borne illness from eating fermented vegetables.
Michael Pollan quotes: In 2008, a year of supposed 'food crisis', we grew enough food to feed 11 billion people. Most of it was not eaten by humans as food, however. In 2008, a year of supposed 'food crisis', we grew enough food to feed 11 billion people. Most of it was not eaten by humans as food, however.
Michael Pollan quotes: When eating sonewhere other than at a tablem stick to fruits and vegetables. When eating sonewhere other than at a tablem stick to fruits and vegetables.
Michael Pollan quotes: The grocery store poets do everything they can to encourage us in our willing suspension of disbelief. The grocery store poets do everything they can to encourage us in our willing suspension of disbelief.
Michael Pollan quotes: If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't. If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.
Michael Pollan quotes: The real food is not being advertised The real food is not being advertised
Michael Pollan quotes: In the end I'm still a writer. I'm still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That's where I have to draw the line. In the end I'm still a writer. I'm still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That's where I have to draw the line.
Michael Pollan quotes: Except for the salt and a handful of synthetic food additives, every edible item in the supermarket is a link in a food chain. Except for the salt and a handful of synthetic food additives, every edible item in the supermarket is a link in a food chain.
Michael Pollan quotes: Writing is about music ... finding the music of a sentence ... Writing is about music ... finding the music of a sentence ...
Michael Pollan quotes: Leave something on your plate ... 'Better to go to waste than to waist Leave something on your plate ... 'Better to go to waste than to waist
Michael Pollan quotes: So that's us: processed corn, walking. So that's us: processed corn, walking.
Michael Pollan quotes: If you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't be eating it. If you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't be eating it.
Michael Pollan quotes: Umami ... is the quasi-secret heart and soul of almost every braise, stew, and soup. Umami ... is the quasi-secret heart and soul of almost every braise, stew, and soup.
Michael Pollan quotes: The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway. The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.
Michael Pollan quotes: People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue. People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.
Michael Pollan quotes: Meat is a tremendous environmental challenge. It contributes enormous amounts of greenhouse gas, especially beef eating. Meat is a tremendous environmental challenge. It contributes enormous amounts of greenhouse gas, especially beef eating.
Michael Pollan quotes: (Americans spend less time cooking than people in any other nation, but the general downward trend is global.) (Americans spend less time cooking than people in any other nation, but the general downward trend is global.)
Michael Pollan quotes: As fire's presence in our everyday lives has diminished, the social magnetism of the cook fire seems, if anything, to have only grown more powerful. As fire's presence in our everyday lives has diminished, the social magnetism of the cook fire seems, if anything, to have only grown more powerful.
Michael Pollan quotes: The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies. The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.
Michael Pollan quotes: Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
Michael Pollan quotes: When chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too. When chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too.

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