Nice comment about the bread and carb consumption! I won’t tell anyone you said it if you don’t. Haha! Another thing that Pollan said on the same page (I think) with the “previously discredited Atkins” comment was something about “what could be more wholesome than bread and pasta?” (probably not verbatim). I was thinking “Umm….how about meat and vegetables?”

Cheers
Scott

But after being introduced to Joel Salatin in TOD, I started reading Salatin’s books. Very conversational, very smart, very common sense. I read Holy Cow and Hog Heaven first, which is geared toward consumers (takes off where Pollan left off on the subject of biodynamic sustainable farming). Now I have just started his newest book, Everything I Want to Do is Illegal. Salatin also has written some books for farmers on the subjects of his type of agriculture, salad bar beef, etc.

I’m nearly finished with Barbara Kingfisher’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (actually it is a book written by her entire family). That’s been mostly enjoyable, but I find it easy to set down not read, too, and lately, with Salatin’s book calling my name, I’ve had a hard time getting back to finish AVM. Early in the book she gratuitiously trashes Atkins and low carb diets (actually any reducing diet) and later on I think she extolls a bit too much virtue to homemade whole grain bread. No one asked me, but except for her, the family photo on the back of the book jacket indicates a bit less bread and carb consumption might be in order.