I just posted my book review on The Omnivore's Dilemma. (on the side bar) If you've read it I'd love to hear your thoughts. If you haven't read it...do you plan on reading it?
I don't know. On the one hand I could read it. But on the other hand I could NOT read it. What to do? ... I guess I'll just have a nice snack of plants and animals while I decide.
Ok, for real. I'm certainly interested in reading it, especially if it's on your "must read" list. But I'm skeptical about the hunter/gatherer meal as the ideal. I have no nutritional expertise, so I'll take the assertion that the hunter/gatherer diet may be the most nutritionally appropriate as a given. And maybe it's the most ethically appropriate too. But modern society depends on occupational specialization. If we all hunted and gathered our meals, there wouldn't be time to do stuff like, oh, I don't know, write a book. Or read the book our industrious neighbor wrote. So I guess I see some irony in a writer--who can only make a living in a specialized society that has divided the responsibilities for food production--advocating for a society that wouldn't support him in his current vocation.
Maybe he addresses all that. Does he? In any case, I suppose I shouldn't argue about his premise before I've even read the book. So OK, dilemma solved. I'll read it.
HA HA HA Boss - u truly are funny, and insightful.
I will say that even though he says it's the "perfect meal" he does not suggest that we eat that way on a normal basis because it just cannot be sustained and it would not have the 'perfectness' but rather 'normalness'.
I hope I said that in a way that can be understood. I don't have the way with words that you do.
That makes all the difference. Just goes to show I shouldn't form objections before reading the book! Thanks for clarifying.
And you do have a way with words. Your blog entries really capture your voice and personality, and always drive me to deep thought or hearty laughter. Or both.
I don't know. On the one hand I could read it. But on the other hand I could NOT read it. What to do? ... I guess I'll just have a nice snack of plants and animals while I decide.
ReplyDeleteOk, for real. I'm certainly interested in reading it, especially if it's on your "must read" list. But I'm skeptical about the hunter/gatherer meal as the ideal. I have no nutritional expertise, so I'll take the assertion that the hunter/gatherer diet may be the most nutritionally appropriate as a given. And maybe it's the most ethically appropriate too. But modern society depends on occupational specialization. If we all hunted and gathered our meals, there wouldn't be time to do stuff like, oh, I don't know, write a book. Or read the book our industrious neighbor wrote. So I guess I see some irony in a writer--who can only make a living in a specialized society that has divided the responsibilities for food production--advocating for a society that wouldn't support him in his current vocation.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he addresses all that. Does he? In any case, I suppose I shouldn't argue about his premise before I've even read the book. So OK, dilemma solved. I'll read it.
HA HA HA Boss - u truly are funny, and insightful.
ReplyDeleteI will say that even though he says it's the "perfect meal" he does not suggest that we eat that way on a normal basis because it just cannot be sustained and it would not have the 'perfectness' but rather 'normalness'.
I hope I said that in a way that can be understood. I don't have the way with words that you do.
That makes all the difference. Just goes to show I shouldn't form objections before reading the book! Thanks for clarifying.
ReplyDeleteAnd you do have a way with words. Your blog entries really capture your voice and personality, and always drive me to deep thought or hearty laughter. Or both.