Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes (Hardcover) by Mark Bittman

from kristenn

This was an automatic purchase -- I enjoy Bittman's column, he was my favorite part of that Spain show, and I'm very interested in the subject matter. The usefulness of the first half depends on how much in this genre you've already read. It's consistent with what everyone else has said and relat...

from stephaniechase

Excellent primer on eating better... without hard rules. Bittman is a wonderful writer, and indeed creates simple recipes (his "How to Cook Everything" is my favorite cookbook); this book might only be improved by photos of the recipes, and more meatless options.

from Girl_Detective

Bittman writes on many of the same aspects of food that Michael Pollan has in The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food: the problems with industrial farming, the epidemics of obesity and diabetes in the US, and the prevalance of fast and processed food products. After a weight gain and healt...

from willyt

This book is in two parts. The first portion of the book contains a good summary of why the author changed his eating habits and on how these changes resulted in beneficial effects. This summary contains both personal observations along with a useful summary (including an extensive bibliography f...

from kristenn

This was an automatic purchase -- I enjoy Bittman's column, he was my favorite part of that Spain show, and I'm very interested in the subject matter. The usefulness of the first half depends on how much in this genre you've already read. It's consistent with what everyone else has said and relat...