Pacific Sun Weekly 03.18.2011 - Section 1

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“Cooking for yourself,â€? you write, “is the only sure way to take back control of your diet from the food scientists and food processors.â€? My favorite cookbooks, lately, are Jesse Ziff Cool’s Simply Organic and Organic Marin: Recipes from Land to Table edited by Tim Porter. What are some cookbooks you think Marinites may enjoy? David Tanis, chef at Chez Panisse, I like his books, especially Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys. Mark Bittman’s books I ďŹ nd really accessible. Judy Rodgers’ The Zuni Cafe Cookbook is excellent, and lately I’ve been cooking bread out of the Tartine Bread cookbook by Chad Robertson.

linked to diet. That’s something I plan on talking about at the Marin Center. When you talk to people who have gotten off of the fast-food diet, off of the carbohydrate treadmill, less white our and sugar, they feel better and that’s what keeps them eating real food. The satisfactions of junk foods are really eeting. The satisfaction from real food is more durable. One of my rules for kids and for adults is to break the rules every once in a while. The key is to have “special occasionâ€? foods. That phrase should tell you all you need to know. They’re not foods to eat every day. I recently interviewed Justin Bieber. He said he liked to chill in his downtime and eat Doritos. What is your snack food when you chill with your homies? When I was his age I liked Doritos too. We all go through our stages. My own personal food when I break the rule is pizza. Not that it’s necessarily unhealthy. I’ll have wholewheat pizza. I also like nuts a lot. I don’t enjoy potato chips as much as I used to. They’re super salty so I’ve lost my taste for them—but if I’m watching TV and eating mindlessly I would probably choose nuts.

A scientiďŹ c report by the United Nations came out last week stating that farms that employ agroecological methods—the concept of applying ecological principles to the production of food—outperform the use of chemical fertilizers in boosting food production. Should the earthworms start partying like rock stars? I also asked him It is happening. when he was going Marin may have been to cut his hair. ahead of the curve, and An Evening with I don’t have any hair so has the West Coast Michael Pollan to cut so that’s not as in general, but I see ‘The Sun Food Agenda’ pressing an issue as it happening around Thursday, March 24, 8pm at the it may be to Justin. the country when I do Marin Veterans’ Memorial Audi[Laughing] public speaking. There torium, 10 Avenue of the Flags at is still a long way to go. Civic Center Drive in San Rafael. You live in the East The movement is still Tickets are $20-$45. Tickets can Bay but you’re origiin its infancy, but the be ordered through the Marin nally from the East fact that this ecoCenter Box OfďŹ ce at 415/499Coast. Has working nomic recession hasn’t 6800 or www.marincenter.org. in your garden made destroyed organic food Also available are a limyou less of a cynical is a very good sign. It ited number of $75 tickets that New Yorker? could have if “organicâ€? include the performance and a For me gardening is were merely a luxury. private, pre-talk reception with therapeutic, it’s also the Organic sales are up Michael Pollan to beneďŹ t Marin source of the freshest even in this tough Organic. Tickets to this reception food I get to eat and it’s economy. Consumers are only available through the also beautiful. To me could have given up Marin Center Box OfďŹ ce. it’s more beautiful than purchasing organic a perennial border. milk and they haven’t. The satisfaction for me That suggests this issue is gustatory as well as has legs. aesthetic and therapeutic. You know what? The United States is rated No. 1 in [Laughing] Even when I was a cynical New childhood obesity. But what about Yorker, I loved to garden and I’ve gardened people who don’t like kids. Why for a long time, so I’m not sure it’s quite should they care? the antidote. < Obesity is one issue, but health is a bigger issue than obesity. And we all need See how Annie’s organic garden grows at dirtdiva.com. to care. Eating well is its own reward in many ways. Health is about feeling good. Shine your thoughts over ›› paciďŹ csun.com There are a great deal of chronic diseases

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