It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins.

To eat with a fuller consciousness of all that is at stake might sound like a burden, but in practice few things in life afford quite as much satisfaction.

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.

Most important thing about your diet is who cooks it, a human or a corporation.

America ships tons of sugar cookies to Denmark and Denmark ships tons of sugar cookies to America. Wouldn't it be more efficient just to swap recipes?

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius.