are you still allowed to give your opinion of a book that you’ve only skimmed? i hope so, i’m about to.
i snagged this book at the library for lack of anything better, plus i’d heard about mark bittman and how great his cookbooks are, etc. i’m not doubting that.
‘food matters’ is definitely in the pollan-esque camp of being very blunt about what you should eat. the title says it all, and bittman espouses the same eat-lots-of-veggies-and-take-it-easy message that pollan touts. food matters has recipes and meal plans, though – and some good solid advice as to how to fit sound food choices into your busy day. he’s not too intense about it. that’s nice.
but, this book isn’t really about politics of the plate or anything too news worthy, so as a vegan it didn’t really do much for me. i can totally see how it would help someone munching on the standard american diet, but i can barely fit all the veggies that i currently have into my belly, so i’m not overly worried about eating more.
the bit of advice i took away? bittman tries to strictly limit his refined carbs before dinner. at first i thought i didn’t eat any refined carbs, then i remembered how sometimes i binge on cookies or get chinese takeout with white rice, etc. he lets himself go nuts at dinner time, because he enjoys it – which i can totally align around. i’ve definitely taken a couple baby steps to cut down my refined carbs/sugars before dinner – and chances are I won’t double up on them later in the day, so it’s a pretty good idea.
maybe reading this middling review isn’t very interesting, but i can’t help myself.
