Wednesday, May 15, 2013
An Evening with Michael Pollan and “Cooked”
I liked my adult sippy cup of G&T at the theater! ;o)
Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Michael Pollan speak about his new book “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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here at the Newmark Theater. Everyone received a hardcover (signed!) copy of “Cooked,”
which was pretty cool. It was a conversation between Michael and Dave Miller, a
broadcaster on OPB. This was my second time seeing Michael speak and, if you
haven’t had a chance to see him live, you must see him if you have the chance.
He is so jovial and informative without being stuffy. He’s a great speaker and
is really entertaining. Dave Miller was the perfect person to accompany Michael
and the hour that they chatted went by quickly! After the hour was up, Michael
took questions from the audience. I can’t wait to read the book! (However, as I
buy eBooks, I bought “Cooked” for my Kobo and listed my new copy on both Amazon
and Half.com. If anyone is interested in it, I will sell it for $15 plus a
small amount to ship!)
Some of
his quotes from last night:
“The
microwave is like the Ayn Rand of appliances.”
“My
[homebrewed] beer had a Band-Aid note in the aroma.” – On leaving beer-making
to the professionals
“Children
are not born liking kimchee.” – In a story about visiting a kimchee museum in
Seoul, Korea, and seeing a group of schoolchildren, so he asked this of their
teacher.
“People
confess their foods to me. I’m a Jewish food priest.”
“Cooking
is magic!”
“Very
often the food movement is asked to solve a problem bigger than food.”
“Raw
foodists wouldn’t be in that boat if it weren’t for the blender.”
“I want
to write books for people who couldn’t care less about their food.”
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