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You Are What You Cook

In his new book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Michael Pollan takes a tour of the most time-tested cooking techniques, from southern whole-hog barbecue and slow-cooked ragus to sourdough baking and pickle making. Listen to Michael on NPR’s Science Friday or read the transcript here.

Wendell Berry interviews Michael Pollan

Kentucky farmer and writer Wendell Berry interviewed food journalist Michael Pollan in Louisville. Over the course of the evening, they discussed Pollan’s new book “Cooked” and the bigger issues it raises. Listen to the whole interview by clicking here.

Pots and Pans, but Little Pain

By the time most Americans reach adulthood, the supermarket ceases to hold surprises. But Michael Pollan, one of the most prominent voices on food today, a man who knows the nuances of the grocery store inside and out, was struck by the sight of the cheese aisle. “Look how big cheese has gotten,” he said,

Michael Pollan wants you to cook

Kai Ryssdal interviews Michael Pollan about Cooked. Listen here. 

Michael Pollan on The Colbert Report

Watch the interview here.

NPR’s Weekend Edition, Michael Pollan gets elemental in Cooked

Michael Pollan gets elemental in Cooked. Click to listen.

In Conversation: Michael Pollan and Adam Platt

Since publishing The Omnivore’s Dilemma in 2006, Michael Pollan has become an ethical-eating guru, pointing the way toward conscientious consumption for a generation devoted more and more to the cult of food. A few weeks ahead of a new book, Cooked, he talks to Adam Platt about his love for TV dinners, the magic of homemade kimchee, and

Michael Pollan, The American genius

This month Michael Pollan, now succeeding Francis Moore Lappé as the most prolific and influential public intellectual teacher, writer and speaker in the USA on the web of topics that include the environment, agriculture, food, industry, society and nutrition, publishes his new book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. To public health and nutrition professionals

The Omnivorous Michael Pollan

After transforming our notions about food and health with 2006’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” writer and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan followed up with a 2009 manifesto, “In Defense of Food,” which he then distilled to a collection of simple guidelines in “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual” later that year. This month he releases an

Michael Pollan on The Colbert Report

Michael Pollan talks about the new, Illustrated Food Rules and gives Stephen Colbert some home brew.