Milk & Cookies

Whoops, we didn’t get a chance to make cookies this week. Instead I thought I’d share an article I read about Michael Pollan’s new book, Food Rules. I like Michael Pollan, but be warned. I’m going to make fun of him a little.

First of all, I find it a little hilarious that his last book, In Defense of Food, had these three rules printed on the front cover: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” I liked the minimalism. Food Rules contains 64 rules spread out over 70 pages. You know, because his intention was to make eating healthy simpler.

The rules themselves I pretty much agree with. Here are a few that I like:

Memories.

“Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” – Well, Michael Pollan never met my great grandmother but if he had, she would have offered him Planter’s Cheez Balls which she always had on hand for guests/great-grandchildren. Just because she was born in 1895 doesn’t mean she never embraced modern culture! She lived to be 101 and got her first cavity filled when she was 99. Sadly, Planter’s Cheez Balls have been discontinued. (And our country’s health is deteriorating! Coincidence? You can sign this petition if you’re concerned.)

“Eat all the junk food you want — as long as you cook it yourself” – I have to totally agree with this one. Most people are too lazy to bake very often, even if it means getting to sit on the couch with a whole batch of cookies and be even lazier afterwards. Case in point: We haven’t made cookies in more than a week! And we have a blog about it!

“Avoid foods you see advertised on television” – I mean, if you buy ANYTHING that’s heavily advertised, a lot of your money is going towards the advertising instead of the value of the product. It’s just even grosser to think about with food because after you buy the low value product you have to eat it.