Suffering... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread.

The wonderful thing about food is you get three votes a day. Every one of them has the potential to change the world.

I realize that at a certain point if we're going to change our food system, it's going to be the next generation that's going to be critical. This generation is very interested in food issues, very concerned about things like animal welfare and the impact of the food system on the environment.

I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.

The banquet is in the first bite.

To ferment your own food is to lodge a small but eloquent protest - on behalf of the senses and the microbes - against the homogenization of flavors and food experiences now rolling like a great, undifferentiated lawn across the globe.

It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food.