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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
This book seemed to put forth a lot of common sense and it lacked a lot of the interesting ecological aspects which were in [b:The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals|3109|The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four Meals|Michael Pollan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1192945129s/3109.jpg|3287769]. I think that I did not enjoy this book as much as that one because it seems to just echo what my parents told me as a kid. We had gardens and canned our own tomatoes. My parents were always skeptical of things like using margarine instead of better (purely because of taste, or margarine's lack thereof). Thankfully, they never bought low-fat stuff, which tastes terrible, and doesn't effectively fill you up (telling you to stop eating).
It is frightening that ideas like cooking and eating as a family, without watching TV, and cooking dishes which you prepare yourself is somehow novel these days. It also is not surprising that things like this make people far healthier. It was a nice book, but nothing earth shattering for me. It was nice that I finally figured out where all the crazy fad diets were coming from though, and how something like fat or carbohydrates becomes a terrible dietary monster in the public mind..
It is frightening that ideas like cooking and eating as a family, without watching TV, and cooking dishes which you prepare yourself is somehow novel these days. It also is not surprising that things like this make people far healthier. It was a nice book, but nothing earth shattering for me. It was nice that I finally figured out where all the crazy fad diets were coming from though, and how something like fat or carbohydrates becomes a terrible dietary monster in the public mind..