A Local Folkus » Food Rules http://alocalfolkus.com A Local Folkus is dedicated to showcasing the work of musicians, artists, small business owners, farmers and other folks in the Central Florida area Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:35:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://alocalfolkus.com http://alocalfolkus.com/favicon.ico A Local Folkus How now should we eat: Michael Pollan and the Rule of Food http://alocalfolkus.com/2010/01/06/how-now-should-we-eat-michael-pollan-and-the-rule-of-food/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-now-should-we-eat-michael-pollan-and-the-rule-of-food http://alocalfolkus.com/2010/01/06/how-now-should-we-eat-michael-pollan-and-the-rule-of-food/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:57:24 +0000 John http://alocalfolkus.com/?p=181
  • Jennifer Farhat – Locavore Instillation Art
  • Eat Local Week January 25th – 31st – A Slow Food Orlando Event
  • Central Florida Sustainable Food Project and Guide
    • ]]>     FoodRulesBookCoverIf you’ve been following the Locavore Movement for any length of time then you will surely be familiar with the name Michael Pollan.  Well, thanks to a timely Tweet I caught him being interviewed on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart yesterday.  He was promoting his newest book “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual“.  In his previous book “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto” he expounded on the simple mantra “To be healthy, Humans should eat food, not too much and mostly plants“. With such a simple mantra you’d expect a short book.  However as the page count grew and as Pollan expounded on the travails of industrial food system I began to realize that his simple mantra was an impregnable ideal.

    To that end, to help demystify how to eat ethically, healthfully and to avoid the “edible food like substances” being marketed to us, Pollan has come to our rescue with a pocket sized “eater’s manual.”  It is a shame that an eater’s manual is even necessary but when our local grocery store offerings are 85% processed, non-whole food, food substitutes, finding the genuine article can be like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.  So I’m going to pick the book up tomorrow and will write a proper review once I’ve given it a read, but to tide you over below is his interview on the Daily Show.  Enjoy and eat consciously.

    FB3TJCFR7KPY

    Related posts:

    1. Jennifer Farhat – Locavore Instillation Art
    2. Eat Local Week January 25th – 31st – A Slow Food Orlando Event
    3. Central Florida Sustainable Food Project and Guide

    ]]>     http://alocalfolkus.com/2010/01/06/how-now-should-we-eat-michael-pollan-and-the-rule-of-food/feed/ 0