Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I’m writing about.

Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener.

Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere. And if it isn't paid at the cash register, it's charged to the environment or to the public purse in the form of subsidies. And it's charged to your health.

In a way, the most morally troubling thing about killing chickens is that after a while it is no longer morally troubling.

It's all very Italian (and decidedly un-American): to insist that doing the right thing is the most pleasurable thing, and that the act of consumption might be an act of addition rather than subtraction.

It's really important for your health, because you will never use as much salt and fat and sugar as a corporation will use cooking for you.

He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.