The human animal is adapted to, and apparently can thrive on, an extraordinary range of different diets, but the Western diet, however you define it, does not seem to be one of them.

The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

Lawns are a form of television

The first step towards solving the omnivore's dilemma is knowledge: eating with full consciousness. When that happens, I have a lot of confidence that people will make good choices.

Eating's not a bad way to get to know a place.

Rule No. 12: shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle.

There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.