It’s interesting how fired up we can get over books about food. Based on the discussion last night, it’s clear that I should not be the one to provide feedback on “In the Defense of Food.”
Let’s just say we loved it and hated it. The audio version seems to be the best way to absorb Pollan’s dry style. A couple of us think he should have stuck with his original essay format…not letting his editor persuade him to repeat himself enough times to make a full length book. Oops…I’ve said too much.
Let’s just say we loved it and hated it. The audio version seems to be the best way to absorb Pollan’s dry style. A couple of us think he should have stuck with his original essay format…not letting his editor persuade him to repeat himself enough times to make a full length book. Oops…I’ve said too much.
Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.
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I forgot to mention that a few years ago, we had an exchange student staying with us from Morocco. She was French by background, but her family was living in Rabat with household help, cooks, etc. In response to one of the dinners I fixed after a long day of work, she said something like "this isn't food, this is chemistry." I admit some of the dinner came out of some kind of box with added ingredients, but I was really insulted. Of course, now in hindsight and after reading what we have read, I agree, she was right on. Chemistry, how true. Tina
... on the subject of household help. When we were in Kenya, I noticed that in all the homes we stayed in there was, indeed, household help. I mentioned this to my Trusty Travel Companion and he noted that we have household help, too: the washer, the dryer, the dishwasher ...
... so I thought back to an incredible vacation I'd had in a previous life at a private home in Jamaica. That home also came with household help ... and I remembered, specifically, Valentino who came out to the pool every morning, precisely at eleven o'clock, to see if we needed anything, say, like a rum and Coke ...
... and that's how, three years ago, our dishwasher became known as "Valentino." To the point that when I had to order a new silverware holder for "him" last year I had Maytag address it to "Valentino."
Alas, he really does prefer to eat chemicals out of a box, particularly a metallic green one labeled "Cascade."
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