Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris.
Michael PollanStudents are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has.
Michael PollanPlus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.
Michael PollanRipe vegetables were magic to me. Unharvested, the garden bristled with possibility. I would quicken at the sight of a ripe tomato, sounding its redness from deep amidst the undifferentiated green. To lift a bean plant's hood of heartshaped leaves and discover a clutch of long slender pods handing underneath could make me catch my breath.
Michael Pollan