The other way that you democratize the food movement is through the public school system. If you can pay enough for the school lunch system so that it can actually be cooked and not just microwaved, so that these schools can buy local food, fresh food, because right now it's all frozen and processed, you will improve the health of the students, you will improve the health of the local economy, and you will have better performing students.

Cooking might be the most important factor in fixing our public health crisis. It's the single most important thing you can do for your health.

At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.

We spend a remarkably small, shamefully small, percentage of our income on food. We manage to spend money on lots of other things. All up and down the social ladder you find people with plenty of money for cell phones, home entertainment systems, all other forms of entertainment.

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

I'm not talking about having to consult Julia Child before you can take a pot off the rack. I think that's something we can all do more and do better.

A growing body of research suggests that many of the health problems associated with eating beef are really problems with corn-fed beef.