Comments on: In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto

By: Gillian

Gillian — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:55:53 +0000

I’ll 2nd The China Study recomendation!:)

By: Maggy

Maggy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:52:18 +0000

I just read this about 2 months ago. I highly recommend “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” which preceded this book and really put Pollen on the map, as far as being at the forefront of the Real Food Revolution (as it is sometimes referred to). However, I also recommend two other books of his that I read that have to do with gardening. The first is “Second Nature” which is a collection of essays about gardening. The second is “Botony of Desire” which is about how we humans and our historical journey has been more influenced by plants than we’ve ever really realized. Both are fantastic. You can see in both the idea of how something is wrong with our food germinating in both books.

Seeing as how you garden I thought that you might enjoy both. Libraries usually have more than one copy of both. Thus not to much waiting to get them from intra-library loans.

Happy reading, should you choose to persue Mr. Pollen’s fine work.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:54:48 +0000

I recently read this book and LOVED it as well! It made me so much more aware of how I shop and how dependent we are as a society on processed foods that get branded as “healthy.” Eye-opening!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:26:30 +0000

This is definitely food for thought. Information is key and I appreciate you sharing this.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:25:48 +0000

I will have to read that book. It looks very interesting. I recently read The China Study and I highly recommend it. Thanks for all that you do! I love readying you blog:)

By: Bec

Bec — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:03:02 +0000

I am so pleased to be finding more and more people that are following Nourishing Traditions! Thanks for your review on Michael Pollans book, I will have to go read this now!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:38:51 +0000

Oooh – I’m adding this one to my list! It’s scary to think of what we are eating – hubby and I try to shop with local farmers whenever possible, and also grow a small garden full of yummy veggies. I never really thought about what I was eating until the first time I bit into a tomato I grew and realized I didn’t even really know a tomato could taste that good!

By: Lindsey O.

Lindsey O. — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:27:40 +0000

I read that book not too long ago and found the writing to be so witty and funny! It’s almost like he’s pointing out the obvious to us! I have to admit I’m surrounded by people who see one promising claim on a box of junk food and call it healthy! Loved the part about the cereal screaming about it’s whole grain goodness while the produce quietly sit at the front of the super market silent as stroke victims! Good book. Everyone should read. I also have read parts of the Schwarzbein Principle books which also bring up a good point: lowering our fat intake by eating “no fat” or “low fat” foods only made diabetes and heart disease worse in our country. She goes on to explain reason for this medically and it’s very interesting. A must read for anyone with heart problems, Diabetes or Cholesterol issues. And frankly everyone should understand how our bodies process foods and use fat and nutrients. We shouldn’t be relying on product packaging and magazine ads to let us know what we should and shouldn’t eat! Worth checking out. Liked your post a lot!

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:38:42 +0000

Thank you so much for this review! I have read “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and am about half way through “Nourishing Traditions”. I struggle with many health problems and through reading these books I have learned how much of my issues may just be caused by the food I was raised on and now continue to eat.
An interesting point made in “Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “In Defense of Food” is that we shouldn’t eat anything our great grandma wouldn’t recognize as food. I have the pleasure of being in possession of my great grandmother’s notebook from her home-making classes in high school. The recipes hardly resemble ‘food’ eaten today. Maybe I should take a hint?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:13:53 +0000

Thanks for your reccomendation! I have enjoyed his “The Omnivore’s Dilemna” immensely, although I’m not quite finished with it. Another great resource for eating in season is the cookbook “Simply in Season” I’m can’t remember the author off the top of my head, but its from the same line as “More with Less” and is associated with the Mennonites. It’s beautiful and has some awesome recipes.