tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post8473792989875652616..comments2023-09-17T07:34:05.147-07:00Comments on The Blogging Bookworm: Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious EatingGreen Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-84775091334240830232010-04-14T10:23:24.514-07:002010-04-14T10:23:24.514-07:00This was a very good review of the book. Great inf...This was a very good review of the book. Great information Thanks a lot for introducing it.Levinson Axelrodhttp://www.njlawyers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-7593775775311978692009-11-13T10:18:03.612-08:002009-11-13T10:18:03.612-08:00Amber - Thanks for the comment and the link. I'...Amber - Thanks for the comment and the link. I'm checking it out now.hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-73633131315282029372009-11-12T20:42:22.205-08:002009-11-12T20:42:22.205-08:00Hi Heather,
I appreciate you sharing this... ther...Hi Heather, <br />I appreciate you sharing this... there are so many books out there talking about food and diet it seems impossible to keep up with all that is percolating. While I haven't read Bittman's book yet we (Eating for Evolution) just did an interview with thought leader John Allen Mollenhauer and he discussed eating "nutrient rich" compared to adhering to a particular "diet camp." From reading your post it sounds like Bittman is pushing into a similar perspective. It really warms my heart to see, and contribute to, bringing this more wholesome relationship with food into our culture's mainstream. <br />Thanks for your post!<br />Amber Schey<br />http://community.eatingforevolution.com/articles (click this link for the interview- just register for free to access it.)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195200701113571039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-7607925779582812052009-11-06T11:48:15.772-08:002009-11-06T11:48:15.772-08:00JAM - most of it was stuff I already knew, but it ...JAM - most of it was stuff I already knew, but it would be GREAT, I thought, for someone just starting their food journey - easy to read and straight-forward.<br /><br />SusanB - I agree that the recipes kinda seemed all over the place at the end, with text intermixed in with it. Just forced me to read it, instead of simply flipping through, though, which is what I normally do when I get to the recipe section of a book :)hmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424022504830645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-40698716999629735812009-11-06T08:03:06.548-08:002009-11-06T08:03:06.548-08:00I too read this book and agree pretty much with yo...I too read this book and agree pretty much with your review and level of recommendation. I thought of it as sort of a "how to" guide post-Michael Pollan, and a very good introduction on a lot of topics -- for instance, it would make in my humble uninformed opinion a great text for a middle-school or high schooler interested in food issues. The structure of the book is standard diet how to -- facts, program, personal experience, menu plan, recipes which may appeal strongly to a particular audience. The recipes weren't particularly helpful to me an experienced cook, and the one thing I really found interesting on the menu plan was not a recipe per se but a variation on a variation, and really hard to locate in the recipe section.<br />That said, I think this book fits a need, and is more accessible and uniform in level of information than Pollan's Defense of Eating. I got it from the library.SusanBnoreply@blogger.com