For we would no longer need any reminding that however we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we're eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world.

Time is the missing ingredient in our recipes-and in our lives.

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

Cooking meat over a fire is one of the most stirring of those ritual acts, usually performed outdoors, on special occasions, in public, and by men.

Avoid foods you see advertised on television.

Not everyone can afford to eat well in America, which is a literal shame, but most of us can: Americans spend less than 10 percent of their income on food, less than the citizens of any other nation.

I still think we have a long way to go on rebuilding a culture of cooking. Everyday simple cooking.