The banquet is in the first bite.

In general, science journalism concerns itself with what has been published in a handful of peer-reviewed journals - Nature, Cell, The New England Journal of Medicine - which set the agenda.

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

Eat slowly, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.

There's something magical that happens when people eat from the same pot. The family meal is really the nursery of democracy. It's where we learn to share; it's where we learn to argue without offending. It's just too critical to let go, as we've been so blithely doing.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

Don't eat any foods you've ever seen advertised on television.