It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food.

If you're going to change the food system, there is a lot that you, the consumer, can do on your own; but in the end, it will be very important to make changes at the national level.

Another thing cooking is, or can be, is a way to honor the things we're eating, the animals and plants and fungi that have been sacrificed to gratify our needs and desires, as well as the places and the people that produced them. Cooks have their ways of saying grace too... Cooking something thoughtfully is a way to celebrate both that species and our relation to it.

My hope is that if people have the knowledge, and if they actually see where their food comes from and have access to the information, they will make better ethical choices.

Unlike any other form of thought, daydreaming is its own reward.

Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you.

The real food is not being advertised.