tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148531084084343844.post588752851212124750..comments2023-09-27T04:07:05.950-04:00Comments on wine me, dine me: Michael Pollan at Joseph Beth, 1/12/08Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14911168030162240860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148531084084343844.post-26469264147632690832008-01-20T21:24:00.000-05:002008-01-20T21:24:00.000-05:00Hi, Renee!He'd be preaching to the choir with me, ...Hi, Renee!<BR/><BR/>He'd be preaching to the choir with me, too, but I'm looking forward to reading it. I'm tired of diets being composed of processed foods to lose weight, or simply be convenient! Why don't we learn proper portions, which foods to eat regularly, which foods to eat sparingly, how to eat minimally processed foods?<BR/><BR/>Welcome, by the way!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14911168030162240860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148531084084343844.post-49474063482828018742008-01-14T21:30:00.000-05:002008-01-14T21:30:00.000-05:00I haven't quite finished "Eating," which is quite ...I haven't quite finished "Eating," which is quite a bit shorter than Omnivore. It basically takes on "nutritionism," the current state of research, where foods aren't looked at as "food," but as bundles of nutrients. And -- oops -- the scientists turned out to be wrong about fat, which isn't a satanic food; and about carbs, which seem to have created the obesity epidemic. He's preaching to the choir, but it's interesting to read someone taking on the food establishment (scientists AND marketers) and basically saying the emperor has no clothes. Worth reading, I think.Renee Beaulieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768249947493067574noreply@blogger.com