I get letters from classes all the time. Say it's assigned in someone's 8th grade class, and the teacher asks everyone to write a letter to me about their impressions and what they learned. So, it's incredibly gratifying to hear.

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

It's not food if it arrived through the window of your car.

The real food is not being advertised.

You want to say the thing that will drive everybody in the direction you want to go. But as a writer you have a pact with your readers that you'll be really straight with them at all times.

My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.

People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.