It sounds like a good idea — disguise vegetables in more “palatable” forms and get the best of both words. An article in the LA Times this past week discusses this tactic with parents sneaking vegetables into their children’s diets…and how it can backfire. “Parents seek ways to make kids eat vegetables” So an increasing [...]
This NY Times article, “Yes, We Will Have No Bananas”, reports on the alarming idea that we may soon lose out on one of my (and America’s) favorite fruits: the banana. ONCE you become accustomed to gas at $4 a gallon, brace yourself for the next shocking retail threshold: bananas reaching $1 a pound. [...]
For a year during my late teens, I went vegetarian, which, for someone who hated most fruit and vegetables, was quite an accomplishment. That I didn’t die of malnourishment is something of a miracle, but I can probably thank Italian food for that, specifically cheese pizza (not to mention pasta and garlic bread, but that’s [...]
Michael Pollan: The omnivore’s next dilemma on TED.com.
Mark Bittman: What’s wrong with what we eat on TED.com.
