Book description
Covering all our pressing food dilemmas, the award-winning food writer
leads the way to sensible and practical choices about what to eat.
Food should be one of life's greatest pleasures, yet increasingly, the
choices facing consumers have become increasingly problematic. As well
as having to think about what food may, or may not, be doing to you and
yours, twenty-first century eaters have to think about what impact the
food we eat is having on the environment, farm animals and food
producers, both in far away places and back home. Globally, the world is
running low on food and water, so we can no longer rely on a steady
supply of cheap food. Meanwhile on the home front, many of us are
watching our money like never before.
Armed with this comprehensive, easy-to-navigate reference book which
covers all common types of food, you can simplify your food choices, be
aware of environmental and food security issues and quickly identify the
best and most ethical food to eat.
Answering the most frequently asked questions such as 'Is farmed fish
better than wild?'; 'Is red meat bad for you?'; 'Could GM food feed the
world?'; 'Is it better to drink bottled or tap water?'; 'Is saturated
fat really so bad for me?' and 'Are organic foods really worth the extra
expense?', Blythman will help you choose what to eat, guiding you to
everything you need to know to eat well. 'Joanna Blythman has one of
the sanest food heads in the Western World - and this brilliant book
encapsulates her admirably clear thinking in a wonderfully accessible,
entertaining way. Everyone who cares what they eat and how they feed
their family - that's all of us, right? - should read it.' Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall
'A rare book, practical, sensible, and passionate. Joanna Blythman
writes with clarity, sanity and humanity. Anyone interested in food and
cooking should read it.' Matthew Fort
'A succinct and badly needed encyclopaedia of facts and common sense on
food and nutrition for which I am truly grateful. The introduction alone
is worth the price of the book.' Darina Allen
'Everyone who cares about what they eat and how they feed their family
should read this' Daily Mail Joanna Blythman is Britain's leading
investigative food journalist and an influential commentator on the
British food chain. She has won five Glenfiddich awards for her writing,
including a Glenfiddich Special Award for her first book The Food We
Eat, a Caroline Walker Media Award for Improving the Nation's Health by
Means of Good Food, and a Guild of Food Writers Award for The Food We
Eat. In 2004, she won the prestigious Derek Cooper Award, one of BBC
Radio 4's Food and Farming Awards. In 2007, Good Housekeeping Magazine
gave her its award for Outstanding Contribution to Food Award 2007. She
writes and broadcasts frequently on food issues.
