Our Daily Bread

Perhaps the biggest little book ever.

Michael Pollan's epic mini tome, FOOD RULES.

Pollan expertly and gregariously gives us Sixty-Four of them to assist in the decision making process. From number Two: Don't eat anything that your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food, to number Sixty-Four: Break the Rules once in a while.

I like that one. Let's take a closer look at its sagacity:

"Obsessing over food rules is bad for your happiness, and probably bad for your health, too. Our experience over the past few decades suggests that dieting and worrying too much about nutrition has made us no healthier or slimmer; cultivating a relaxed attitude towards food is important. There will be special occasions where you will want to throw these rules out the window. All will not be lost. What matters is not the special occasion but the everyday practice. the default habits that govern your eating on a typical day. "All things in moderation" it is often said. But we should never forget the wise addendum, sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde: "Including moderation."

Bon appetite.

Photo of The RCVman breaking the rules (a la Wilde) on Christmas. The Amedeo Modigliani portrait above the shadow of the eater as a hungry man, seems to be wanting a slice of Kim's wonderful home baked sourdough.