Even people who like the kind of food on offer, are coming to recognize that eating from this food chain is not conducive to good health.
Michael PollanFor great many species today, fitness means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force.
Michael PollanPeople say they don't have time to cook, yet in the last few years we have found an extra two hours a day for the internet.
Michael PollanCooking for yourself is the only sure way to take back control of your diet from the food scientists and food processors, and to guarantee you're eating real food rather than edible foodlike substances, with their unhealthy oils, high-fructose corn syrup, and surfeit of salt.
Michael PollanI think that there's some brainwashing going on with this idea that we don't have time to cook anymore. We have made cooking seem much more complicated than it is, and part of that comes from watching cooking shows on television-we've turned cooking into a spectator sport. ...My wife and I both work, and we can get a very nice dinner on the table in a half hour. It would not take any less time for us to drive to a fast-food outlet and order, sit down, and bus our table.
Michael Pollan