Food Matters

Oh Mark Bittman. I had such high hopes for this book, Food Matters. It seemed to bring together a lot of the ideas I've been mulling over lately: sustainable food production, eating less meat, eating a more natural, less processed diet.

But the green catch phrases in the margins of the book....?

And the lack of sources for most of your statements...?

I know this is not an academic book - but could you have dumbed it down even more?

I doubt it.

I mean, he has two pages on how to steam veggies. Two pages!!

And then another two on how to roast them.

Don't forget grains- how to boil grains...another couple of pages.

For all this talk about sustainability, I wonder how much petroleum was used producing and distributing this book, and was it worth it?