I still think we have a long way to go on rebuilding a culture of cooking. Everyday simple cooking.

Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has.

The longer I've looked at these questions, of the American diet and the public health crisis that we face because of that diet, the more I've come to the conclusion that the collapse of cooking is a big part of the problem.

Experiences that banish irony are much better for living than for writing.

It's estimated that about 30 percent of the increase in grain prices could be attributed to the decision to embrace biofuels, particularly corn-based ethanol. It has done nothing for climate change and the business is in real trouble now with the collapse of oil prices. It's completely dependent on a dollar subsidy and tariff from the government.

Curiously, the one bodily fluid of other people that doesn't disgust us is the one produced by the human alone: tears. Consider the sole type of used tissue you'd be willing to share.

Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it