The End of Overeating makes exactly to points: one, that we human beings are preconditioned to love sugar, fat, and salt (and even more a combination of the three, preferably packaged as something that needs little to no chewing) and two, that food manufacturers and restaurant chains know this well and have evolved to create [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘food’
April 17, 2009
Food Matters by Mark Bittman
How could it be that intelligent, well-educated people, would need 300 pages and recipes that include such gems as “cooked vegetables” to realize that junk food is bad for us; that we should probably dial down on huge steaks; and that planning menus makes for healthier meals? As much as I enjoy Mark Bittman’s columns [...]
March 4, 2009
A Revolution in Taste by Susan Pinkard
I love food and I can’t say I’m not interested in France but I found A Revolution in Taste, the subject of which is the evolution of food in France in the 17th to 19th century, less than exciting. It’s exquisitely researched, with numerous footnotes and endnotes — and that may be the issue: too much [...]
December 16, 2008
Heirloom by Tim Stark
Heirloom is the memoir of a somewhat accidental organic farmer who specializes in heirloom tomatoes. From an improbable beginning gardening on the roof of his New York appartment, the author transforms his life as a freelance writer into that of a farmer, making many mistakes along the way and learning to market as he farms: with [...]
