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May 11
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rach: new reading project. had brunch today with a slow food activist and old college mate—pollan is like his guru. essentially, food is political, and what we eat and the way we produce it will be the singular thing that changes the course of our civilization, whether we make it or not. on one hand, yes, naturally. on the other, i had never really thought about this much, that the one thing that bonds us all together (eating) is also roughing us up a bit. (also: is anyone part of a movement anymore? that’s like being a metalsmith, it sounds so backdated. i was excited to hear the word used again, you know, referring to right now.) Carlo Petrini seeded “the movement” in 1986, and in the early ’90s it became a much bigger thing (while I was at Vogue Entertaining). It’s astonishing to me how long it takes the US to engage in socially profound dialog like this, but then once it does how the market can change so quickly (that plastic bags are still so prevalent here, and the whole plastic water bottle thing has only recently becoming a talking point is extraordinary). It’s a great book, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma is too: that it took an American book by an American writer to spark this conversation in this country speaks volumes about the US’ place at the global table, and the esteem in which it holds its guests.

rach: new reading project. had brunch today with a slow food activist and old college mate—pollan is like his guru. essentially, food is political, and what we eat and the way we produce it will be the singular thing that changes the course of our civilization, whether we make it or not. on one hand, yes, naturally. on the other, i had never really thought about this much, that the one thing that bonds us all together (eating) is also roughing us up a bit. (also: is anyone part of a movement anymore? that’s like being a metalsmith, it sounds so backdated. i was excited to hear the word used again, you know, referring to right now.)

Carlo Petrini seeded “the movement” in 1986, and in the early ’90s it became a much bigger thing (while I was at Vogue Entertaining). It’s astonishing to me how long it takes the US to engage in socially profound dialog like this, but then once it does how the market can change so quickly (that plastic bags are still so prevalent here, and the whole plastic water bottle thing has only recently becoming a talking point is extraordinary). It’s a great book, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma is too: that it took an American book by an American writer to spark this conversation in this country speaks volumes about the US’ place at the global table, and the esteem in which it holds its guests.