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‘In Defense of Food’ by Michael Pollan
Think about buying a loaf of bread at the grocery store. Bread is healthy, right? It’s a whole food, and carbohydrates give you energy. Wrong, say the low-carb enthusiasts. So what about beef? It has...
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A book worth waiting for
I am excited for the month of October. Cooler temperatures, vibrant leaves, snuggling under a blanket and the release of “Make the Bread, Buy the Butter,” by Jennifer Reese. I first read an excerpt...
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Winners are thinner
That’s the message, anyhow, that seems to be highlighted in the upcoming children’s book “Maggie Goes on A Diet,” written by Paul Kramer. Maggie, a pudgy 14-year-old girl, “goes on a diet and is...
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“Food Rules” by Michael Pollan
Want to learn the “new” food rules to save your health, but don’t have time to read the 300+ page books by food journalists? Well, Michael Pollan has taken what he talked about in “In Defense of Food”...
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‘An Everlasting Meal’ by Tamar Adler
As a combination memoir / cookbook, “An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace” pulled me in immediately. (In fact, I barely noticed that my oil change took twice as long as normal, because I...
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‘The 9 inch Diet’ by Alex Bogusky
I hate diet books. I don’t feel like reading 300+ pages full of facts and examples that can boil down to a few pages. But this isn’t your typical diet book, hence in the title it says “diet.” Alex...
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‘When in Doubt, Add Butter’ by Beth Harbison
Yes, I seem to pick up these chick lit novels by the dozens lately, but there are always new ones on the library shelf and they make for easy reading at night before I doze off. In this one, Gemma...
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Author Philip Ackerman-Leist to speak on local food at York College
Philip Ackerman-Leist has been busy. As a professor and the director of the Farm and Food Project at Green Mountain College in Vermont, he’s been at the center of a much-protested decision to slaughter...
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Recently released: ‘Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal’ by Mary Roach
Entertainment reporter Erin McCracken previews a recently released book. Dive in! Science that’s easy to swallow Was the last time you thought about science in a high school lab? Author Mary Roach...
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‘Serve the People: A Stir-fried Journey Through China’ by Jen Lin-Liu
If you like Chinese food or are curious about how the Chinese people cook and eat, then “Serve the People: A Stir-fried Journey Through China” by Jen Lin-Liu is for you. Lin-Liu takes cooking classes...
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