The Ethical Gourmet
by Jay Weinstein
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Author: Jay WeinsteinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-13
ISBN: 0767918347
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
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Book Review: A Huge Blot on an Otherwise Good Book
Summary: 2 Stars
This book includes helpful information about how to make healthful and responsible eating a way of life. The meals described do, true to title, tend to the gourmet and upscale. The recipes require an investment of time to prepare, but many of them can be gleaned for good ideas that can be applied to simpler dishes if you are short on time or some of the fancier ingredients. The book has helpful tables with accurate facts about varieties of fish to eat and to avoid, less-familiar grains that would make a great addition to your table, and the benefits and availability of grass-fed beef.
Unfortunately, these excellent aspects of the book are marred by the author's promotion of genetically-modified food as one helpful means to healthy and sustainable eating. This just isn't the case, as even a cursory understanding of the science behind genetically-modified food will bear out. (Deborah Koons Garcia's documentary, "The Future of Food," is a good place for the uninitiated to start learning about the issue.) Weinstein's acceptance of genetically-modified food in any form is a rude shock, especially since the rest of the book promotes the preparation of foods in their whole, natural state and recommends avoiding toxins and pesticides (which in many cases are engineered right into the plant in the case of genetically-modified foods, such as Bt corn). The failure of the book in this way warrants a low rating despite the volume's good qualities: genetically-modified food is simply too dangerous a threat to be ignored, let alone endorsed.
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