He claims only “the authority of tradition and common sense.” So why do we need Pollan to remind us of something so simple that it can be summarized in seven words? The obviousness of this advice is part of the point. Presumably we at least suspected that if, as he advises, we grew some of our own food, bought the rest at farmers markets, eliminated all foods with high-fructose corn syrup and cooked almost all of our food from scratch, we would live remarkably healthy lives. One can argue that Pollan isn’t telling us anything we didn’t already know. Pollan elaborates, but that summary turns out to be remarkably complete.
Here is Pollan’s brilliant, succinct and nuanced answer to this question: Despite all of this new information, I still don’t have an answer to my most fundamental question: What should I eat for dinner tonight? His personal narrative of four different “American” meals and the unique journey each ingredient took to get to his plate has received numerous awards and accolades, but I was left feeling a little unsatisfied.
When Michael Pollan’s “Omnivore’s Dilemma” was published in 2006, it changed the way many of us think about the food we eat. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 20, 2008 In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto By China Millman
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