Anyone read Food Rules by Michael Pollan?

Mrs Manners

Finished it this weekend...it was a short and easy read. It didn't contain any "earth shattering revelations" but offered a funny way of looking at "rules" that should frame our daily choices for eating. I'm thinking of printing up the rules and putting them up in my kitchen to help me be more mindful of my choices.

What did you think of it?

cheryl2006

Not yet. My husband placed it on hold at the library but I think he's number 300 something. It'll be a while before we get to read it!

Mrs Manners

cheryl2006:

Not yet. My husband placed it on hold at the library but I think he's number 300 something. It'll be a while before we get to read it!

Me too! I think I was like #50 in queue. But amazon had it for $5 in the kindle version so I downloaded it this weekend because I didn't want to wait

SuperGreen

Loved it.  I bought it while I was waiting for a plane, as I'd just finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma for like the third time.  I think it's the perfect little guide for eating real food.  Like Michael said, "Eat food.  Mostly plants.  Not too much."

Some of the rules are just farking hilarious.  "Don't eat cereal that changes the color of the milk."  "Don't eat foods that are the same in every language, a la Big Mac, Pringles, and Cheetos."  "If a kindergardener can't pronouce it, don't eat it."  And some of them made really good sense if you think about them.  One was "Eat as much junk food as you want, as long as you make it yourself."  The rationale behind that is, most junk food (french fries, cakes, fried chicken) take a long time to make from scratch, and if you made them yourself you'd eat them a lot less frequently because of the time involved.

Alisha_A

I haven't because I've gotten tired of the same food books, but I think I might like this. I've seen some of the rules in articles and they make me laugh...and make good sense.

Mrs Manners

SuperGreen:

Loved it.  I bought it while I was waiting for a plane, as I'd just finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma for like the third time.  I think it's the perfect little guide for eating real food.  Like Michael said, "Eat food.  Mostly plants.  Not too much."

Some of the rules are just farking hilarious.  "Don't eat cereal that changes the color of the milk."  "Don't eat foods that are the same in every language, a la Big Mac, Pringles, and Cheetos."  "If a kindergardener can't pronouce it, don't eat it."  And some of them made really good sense if you think about them.  One was "Eat as much junk food as you want, as long as you make it yourself."  The rationale behind that is, most junk food (french fries, cakes, fried chicken) take a long time to make from scratch, and if you made them yourself you'd eat them a lot less frequently because of the time involved.

Those were some of my favorite ones too! I typed up the list. I think I'm going to hang it on my pantry as a nice reminder

cheryl2006

Some of those sound funny! They sound like very logical rules but I'm sure I'll learn something. 

We were out running errands today and I saw the book at Barnes and Noble. I didn't realize how small it was. At least it'll be a quick read! 

JewelsEF

I have not read this book but he was talking about his rules on Oprah recently.  He considers most processed foods "edible food like substances."  He also had a rule that you should eat food that rots.  He mentioned how things like Twinkies are still good and soft after a few years which is unnatural.  

CurbsideProphet

I am #29 on the list at my library. I did read some of them in an article though and they were pretty good.

anmllwyr

Mrs Manners:

SuperGreen:

Loved it.  I bought it while I was waiting for a plane, as I'd just finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma for like the third time.  I think it's the perfect little guide for eating real food.  Like Michael said, "Eat food.  Mostly plants.  Not too much."

Some of the rules are just farking hilarious.  "Don't eat cereal that changes the color of the milk."  "Don't eat foods that are the same in every language, a la Big Mac, Pringles, and Cheetos."  "If a kindergardener can't pronouce it, don't eat it."  And some of them made really good sense if you think about them.  One was "Eat as much junk food as you want, as long as you make it yourself."  The rationale behind that is, most junk food (french fries, cakes, fried chicken) take a long time to make from scratch, and if you made them yourself you'd eat them a lot less frequently because of the time involved.

Those were some of my favorite ones too! I typed up the list. I think I'm going to hang it on my pantry as a nice reminder

Can you please post your typed up list here too?  It would be great to see!  Thanks!

ksdk

I read it at B&N the other night. Nice little handbook for people trying to eat better : )