Last Sunday, the Opinion section of the Boston Globe featured a rather passionate piece by Christopher Kimball, founder of Cook's Illustrated. Kimball rails against processed foods, saying that the often expensive and unhealthy products have infiltrated the food industry "like a cancer." The main points of Kimball's piece--trans fats, relentless marketing and the economic impact of obesity in America--won't come as a shock to most of us. Still, Cook's fans should appreciate hearing Kimball speak his mind about something a little more controversial than Dutch process cocoa. (Registration with Boston.com maybe required.)[Via The Ethicurean]
New York Times Magazine's food issue
Chicken McNuggets frolic at New York City pet store
Eat your broccoli orbs! 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-14-2006 @ 7:54PM
Angela Pitt said...
He most definately knows his stuff. Why wouldn't
any want to hear what he has to say?
Reply
11-14-2006 @ 11:12PM
NeedleNose said...
I must agree with the above poster. What he has to say may not be earth-shattering news to nutrition-savvy foodies, but how many times did different nutrition authorities have to repeat that even small amounts of trans fats in the diet were bad before ordinary people started to heed that message?
His piece ends with the assertion that people need to "stop buying food by the numbers", that the figures on the box are part of the "relentless marketing". This may be a revelation to some consumers.
He writes as a grouch instead of a relentlessly perky product pimp, and I like that too. I'm already in the choir, but I enjoyed reading that. Thanks for posting the link.
Reply