CULTURE

Finding Meaning in Each Mouthful

Saving the world or fitting into your jeans? Two new books urge us to eat more plants, for glamour or for good.

By Jerry Adler | NEWSWEEK
Updated: 2:26  p.m. ET Jan 19, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Jan 28, 2008

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  • Posted By: eatwild @ 10/01/2008 9:28:25 AM

    Raw, whole milk, if you can find it.
    See 'REAL FOOD, what to eat and why"
    by Nina Planck
    She os the "patron saint of farmer's markets" and has written a clear and very readable book on these issues.

  • Posted By: coco15 @ 01/26/2008 9:59:37 AM

    SKINNY *** IN THE KITCH is a great book with wonderful recipes, but also read SKINNY *** for more insight into why it is both healthier and more ethical to live a vegan lifestyle. It will change the way you think of food forever!

  • Posted By: MuttShack Animal Rescue @ 01/25/2008 10:53:45 PM

    Hey Jerry,
    True coffee connoisseurs don't drink milk in their coffee. Are you Kidding ! !
    Be a coffee-drinking individual - espresso yourself!
    Without the latte.

    MuttShack Animal Rescue
    http://www.muttshack.org

  • Posted By: arobb @ 01/25/2008 3:41:59 PM

    Good for you, good for the animals, good for the planet.
    Also, if you are from California, see humanecalifornia.org where you can help get an initiative on the ballot in November that will create more humane conditions for farm animals. Right now, millions of chickens, pigs, and veal calves are in cages so small they can't even turn around. Voters can change this awful situation.

  • Posted By: timhebb @ 01/19/2008 10:26:14 PM

    The last sentence of Mr. Adler's entertaining discussion would seem to be inspired by the hoary joke about a diner who orders coffee without cream from the waiter, who, after a few minutes, returns to the table to announce that the restaurant is out of cream. "But would you like it without milk instead?" he asks.

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