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Also by Mark Bittman:

Animal, Vegetable, Junk, May 2022
Paperback / e-Book
The VB6 Cookbook, May 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
VB6 Eat Vegan Before 6, May 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
How to Cook Everything The Basics, March 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Food Matters Cookbook, October 2010
Hardcover
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express, July 2009
Hardcover
Food Matters, January 2009
Hardcover
How to Cook Everything, October 2008
Hardcover
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, October 2007
Hardcover
Mark Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times, June 2007
Paperback
How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Foods, March 2006
Paperback (reprint)
The Best Recipes in the World, October 2005
Hardcover
How To Cook Everything, March 2005
Hardcover (reprint)
How to Cook Everything, March 2003
Hardcover

Food Matters
Mark Bittman

A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes

Silverback Books
January 2009
On Sale: December 30, 2008
336 pages
ISBN: 1416575642
EAN: 9781416575641
Hardcover
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From the award-winning champion of culinary simplicity who gave us the bestselling How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian comes Food Matters, a plan for responsible eating that's as good for the planet as it is for your weight and your health.

We are finally starting to acknowledge the threat carbon emissions pose to our ozone layer, but few people have focused on the extent to which our consumption of meat contributes to global warming. Think about it this way: In terms of energy consumption, serving a typical family-of-four steak dinner is the rough equivalent of driving around in an SUV for three hours while leaving all the lights on at home.

Bittman offers a no-nonsense rundown on how government policy, big business marketing, and global economics influence what we choose to put on the table each evening. He demystifies buzzwords like "organic," "sustainable," and "local" and offers straightforward, budget-conscious advice that will help you make small changes that will shrink your carbon footprint -- and your waistline.

Flexible, simple, and non-doctrinaire, the plan is based on hard science but gives you plenty of leeway to tailor your food choices to your lifestyle, schedule, and level of commitment. Bittman, a food writer who loves to eat and eats out frequently, lost thirty-five pounds and saw marked improvement in his blood levels by simply cutting meat and processed foods out of two of his three daily meals. But the simple truth, as he points out, is that as long as you eat more vegetables and whole grains, the result will be better health for you and for the world in which we live.

Unlike most things that are virtuous and healthful, Bittman's plan doesn't involve sacrifice. From Spinach and Sweet Potato Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing to Breakfast Bread Pudding, the recipes in Food Matters are flavorful and sophisticated. A month's worth of meal plans shows you how Bittman chooses to eat and offers proof of how satisfying a mindful and responsible diet can be. Cheaper, healthier, and socially sound, Food Matters represents the future of American eating.

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