Comments on A Hunger Artist: What Will Happen When Most Don't Cook?

The way some people cook, perhaps this is a good t...

2011-11-15T13:26:26.448-05:00

The way some people cook, perhaps this is a good thing.

Harold McGee wrote an article, years ago (in the n...

2011-09-22T17:25:56.156-04:00

Harold McGee wrote an article, years ago (in the now defunct Journal of Gastronomy) about why we developed a taste for cooked food. The gist, as I remember it, is that cooking creates many new flavor compounds than exist in raw food, and that complex flavors are one of the signals that foods (like fruit) have achieved ripeness -- an evolutionary advantage for a creatures that need to get the most nutrition from the things they eat.

Hopefully the recent interest in growing our own v...

2011-08-14T13:12:11.461-04:00

Hopefully the recent interest in growing our own vegetables and/or purchasing organic continues to grow.

After reading your post I can't stop thinking of Charlton Heston and Soylent Green.