Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.

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

You have to draw lines between being a journalist and an activist.

We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health. And in the inner city, people don't have grocery stores. They have to get on a bus and take a long ride to get to a source of fresh produce.

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

There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.

I 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.