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May 14, 2013

#Michael Pollan #Vote with your fork
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Notes Michael Pollan’s Food Rule #3

February 20, 2013

AVOID FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING INGREDIENTS THAT NO ORDINARY HUMAN WOULD KEEP IN THE PANTRY.

Read my earlier post about Food Rules and watch a clever two minute video featuring Michael Pollan.

Check out Chemical Cuisine which has safety ratings for food additives and a paragraph about each one. Center for Science in the Public Interest, which publishes this info, is a respected health and nutrition advocacy organization.

#Food Rules #Michael Pollan #Chemical Cuisine #CSPI
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"If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t."

Michael Pollan, Food Rule #19 in Food Rules, An Eater’s Manual.

Read a New York Times review of Food Rules.

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#Michael Pollan #Food Rules
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Notes Why California's Proposition 37 Should Matter to Anyone Who Cares About Food

October 17, 2012

Vote for the Dinner Party

Is this the year that the food movement finally enters politics?

One of the more interesting things we will learn on Nov. 6 is whether or not there is a “food movement” in America worthy of the name — that is, an organized force in our politics capable of demanding change in the food system. People like me throw the term around loosely, partly because we sense the gathering of such a force, and partly (to be honest) to help wish it into being by sheer dint of repetition. Clearly there is growing sentiment in favor of reforming American agriculture and interest in questions about where our food comes from and how it was produced. And certainly we can see an alternative food economy rising around us: local and organic agriculture is growing far faster than the food market as a whole. But a market and a sentiment are not quite the same thing as a political movement — something capable of frightening politicians and propelling its concerns onto the national agenda.

California’s Proposition 37, which would require that genetically modified (G.M.) foods carry a label, has the potential to do just that — to change the politics of food not just in California but nationally too. Read more—follow the link

#Proposition 37 #GMO Labeling #Michael Pollan #New York Times
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“Imagine your great-grandmother at your side as you roll down the aisles of the supermarket…there are now thousands of foodish products in the supermarket that our ancestors simply wouldn’t recognize as food.” —Michael Pollan

#Michael Pollan
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July 7, 2012

I just finished reading Food Rules, An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan. In Defense of Food, An Eater’s Manifesto provides the background for his latest book. Take a look at the Food Rules table of contents here.

My favorite Food Rule is number 2:

Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.

#Food Rules #Michael Pollan #In Defense of Food
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February 29, 2012

The Huffington Post and some of my favorite food and garden blogs have featured this Vimeo video. If you’ve not read the book, there’s a treat ahead for you.

For the reasons behind the “rules,” check out In Defense of Food.

#Food Rules #Michael Pollan #In Defense of Food

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Dinner at Anne’s, a swim and blueberry crostata just out of the oven. Feels like the beginning of summer.

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The first and the last of the season. Harvesting the first artichokes of spring and the last of winter’s cauliflower in a garden in the canyon.

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Harvesting beets and fava beans in a garden in Beverly Hills.

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A bouquet of broccoli.

Photograph by Brian Ferry

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In the gardens at LACMA, the watercress and lettuce bed.

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apple blossoms

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Harvesting purple cauliflower, romanesco, broccoli, purple podded peas, kale and spinach in a garden in Bel Air.

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In the garden with Jeff, harvesting collard greens, beet greens and kale.

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A galette of winter greens. Click the photo above for this delicious recipe.

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AVOID FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING INGREDIENTS THAT NO ORDINARY HUMAN WOULD KEEP IN THE PANTRY.