Michael Pollan on "Nutritionism" and the Evolution of Food

Michael Pollan was interviewed recently on WNYC about his new book "A Defense of Eating." Well worth listening to...

More like this

R.W. Wood's lecture demonstrations (1897-1905) | Skulls in the Stars In the early years of the 20th century, however, the most important physics journals published in English were the Philosophical Magazine and the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Truly important results would…
(This is a repost from 4 June that was supposed to have been here for our launch on Sb - Ewen Callaway's interview with Michael Pollan is definitely worthy of a wider audience) Here a belated plug to my Colorado compatriot, hard-working microbiologist, and real-life journalist, Ewen, at his…
A blogpost over at GOOD magazine* reviews a new book on veganism, applauds the book for its flexible approach, and says we should "give up trying to guilt people into not eating any meat." The post mentions the environmental impacts of meat, which are indeed significant (according the the UN,…
Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma got out in paperback today, so if you have not read it yet, now is the time. Also, in his mailing-list letter, Pollan announces that he has "...just completed a new book, a short manifesto about diet and health called "In Defense of Food." It's scheduled…