{"id":37143,"date":"2013-05-29T00:09:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T07:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=37143"},"modified":"2013-05-29T00:09:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T07:09:01","slug":"cooked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/37143","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tYou’ve probably heard Michael Pollan’s name popping up in the media again lately. The author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma <\/i>(and many other books) has just released another must-read manifesto called Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is great news in itself, but I’m equally thrilled that this publication has swung the spotlight back in Michael’s direction.<\/p>\n

This man has things to say worth hearing.<\/p>\n

Michael Pollan has emerged as one of the world’s most eloquent and persuasive voices for food preservation.<\/p>\n

Not “preservation” as in canning and dehydration \u2026 we’re talking the protection and long-term security of food as we know it\u2014or, rather, as our ancestors knew it.<\/p>\n

Lest we forget and begin believing that our daily bread originates in a factory where genetically finagled wheat is impregnated with pesticides, Michael Pollan is intent on buzzing in our ears and bringing our consciousness back down to the soil.<\/p>\n

He’s sort of like a neatly shaven Lorax<\/a> who speaks for our food.<\/p>\n

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In his latest book, Pollan makes the point that the deceptively simple ritual of cooking may be the most important action<\/i> that any of us can take to preserve a heritage of real, healthy food that will stand the test of time.<\/p>\n

How?<\/p>\n

Just listen to what he has to say:<\/p>\n