I made the unexpected but happy discovery that the answer to several of the questions that most occupied me was in fact one and the same: Cook.
Michael PollanIt's more important that you eat vegetables, even if they are conventional -- I'm talking about for your health -- then it is until you wait until you can afford organic, or you can find organic.
Michael PollanHe showed the words โchocolate cakeโ to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. โGuiltโ was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: โcelebration.
Michael PollanMeasured against the Problem We Face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know, but in fact itโs one of the most powerful things an individual can do - to reduce your carbon footprint, sure, but more important, to reduce your sense of dependence and dividedness: to change the cheap-energy mind.
Michael Pollan