Food Rules

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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 21:28

Berkeley, California, January 2010 – From the New York Times bestselling author comes a new book, Food Rules. Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of both The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, and one of our nation’s most trusted resource for food issues, is offering up what he thinks is an indispensable guide for anyone concerned about health and diet. Food Rules, an eater’s manual, went on sale just as last year came to an end. The book is Pollan’s distillation of what he has learned about how to eat from writing his previous books into sixty-four rules for eating healthily and happily. Pollan wrote most of the rules himself, but many have no single author: they are pieces of food culture, sometimes ancient, that deserve our attention because they can help us navigate today’s daunting food landscape. Pollan consulted folklorists and anthropologists, doctors, nurses and dieticians, as well as mothers, grandmothers, and so on. He also solicited rules from his readers and publicized a web address where people could email rules. A single request posted on the New York Times’ “Well” blog resulted in 2,500 suggestions. The rules are divided into three sections, each with a different focus: “Eat food,” which in the modern supermarket is trickier than it sounds; “Mostly Plants,” helping you choose among real foods, and finally, “Not Too Much,” which gives sound advice on this sometimes difficult task. Examples of the rules are: #10: Avoid food products pretending to be something that they are not. #39: Eat all the junk food you want, as long as you cook it yourself. #57: Don’t get your fuel from the same place your car does. Ultimately, Food Rules is about eating well and enjoying what you eat to the fullest. The rules are meant to stick in your mind and pop out when you are standing in one of the middle aisles of the supermarket, debating whether to buy a new product boasting its health benefits (#10: Avoid food products that make health claims) or maybe just some apples over on the edge of the store (#12: Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle). Compactly designed to fit in your pocket, Food Rules is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food they eat. Pollan is the author of five previous books, including In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire, all New York Times bestsellers. A longtime contributor to The New York Times, he is the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. SOURCE: Viking/Penguin Publicity < Prev   Next >