Did you know that when McDonald’s was founded, a 7 oz. cup was the only size of soda (or "pop" as we say here in Michigan)? For real. Now the "small" is 16 ounces and the large is a whopping 32 ounces, one full quart of sugary nothingness. I think that epitomizes what is wrong [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Michael Pollan'
Pollan’s Food Rules Now has Illustrated Version {REVIEW}
November 22nd, 2011 · 13 Comments · What to Buy
Michael Pollan on “Can Grassfed Feed the World?”
June 11th, 2010 · 58 Comments · Food for Thought
Michael Pollan came on stage carrying bags of processed foods. He proceeded to pull out “edible food products” and do a little stand up comedy about all the corny ingredients in them, and how creative the food manufacturing industry is getting to keep coming up with new products that we then think we need to [...]
Tags: corn·factory farms·Go Local! Challenge·grassfed beef·Michael Pollan·nutritionism·sustainability
Dear Michael Pollan: My Rebuttal to the New Book “Food Rules”
April 28th, 2010 · 75 Comments · Food for Thought
Dear Mr. Pollan, It was refreshing to hear you speak tonight on small vs. large farms, sustainable agriculture and moving our society to real, unprocessed foods instead of the crazy products you carried into the Wharton Center in Meijer bags. You have a good time poking fun at corn, don’t you? It deserves it, we [...]
Results of Last Week for my Readers
January 6th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Uncategorized
I must be missing my girlfriends after the holiday break stuck with enjoying my family. I just want to chat away and tell you all a bunch of random stuff related to Kitchen Stewardship. If you’ll indulge me (again), here I go: I ordered and received the canned tomatoes in glass jars from Tropical Traditions [...]
Tags: antibacterial soap·canned goods·Cleaning·Michael Pollan·soap·tomatoes
