hi all,

2009/8/18 Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>:
> I've read "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" in the past six mo.(by
> Michael Polan)  I  feel his premise is correct.  We don't eat food in the US
> anymore, we eat manufactured concoctions.  I think this has led to the
> problems we see today of so  many people with food allergies and
> intolerances.
>
> One of his rules is: Avoid food products containing ingredients that are: A)
> unfamiliar; B) unpronounceable; C) more than five in number; or that include
> D) high fructose corn syrup.
>
> Think about the next time you pick up a package of dried potato flakes
> instead of real potatoes at the grocery store!  We are what we eat. Whatever
> happened to cooking?

some years ago i read in the paper that it is now allowed to build
public housing without proper kitchens, just microwaves. noone can
cook real food in a microwave.
cooking seems to become more and more a "lifestyle choice" (and so
does breastfeeding).
my previous involvement with the slowfood movement prepared the
grounds for my interest in breastfeeding advocacy, as i want my kids
to become happy eaters.
what do you think of nina plancks "real food"?
i'm reading "real food for mothers and babys" at the moment but get
the feeling she's too much into patent recipes (esp with the ghastly
cod liver oil she mentions every second page...).

bye, nina

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