"Michael Pollan: If You Can't Say It, Don't Eat It" - from NPR's Day to Day

If your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize it as food, then neither should you, award-winning writer Michael Pollan is wont to say. He shares additional tips on how to eat for a healthier body and planet, the focus of his latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.

A few pages of the book, as well as the podcast of the show can be found here. See also: Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

The High Price of Chinese Industrialization (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 21 April 2008) from WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

China’s mass industrialization is coming at a high cost for many Chinese workers, from long hours and low wages to nearly unbreathable air. Financial Times editor Alexandra Harney’s new book is The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage. Events: Alexandra Harney will be speaking and signing books. Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 pm. China Institute. 125 East 65th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues). Alexandra Harney will be speaking and signing books. Monday, April 28 at 6:30 pm. Asia Society. 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street).

Download and listen to the podcast here (mp3 file).

The Splendid Table for Saturday December 30, 2006 from APM: The Splendid Table

This week we talk to Paula Wolfert about the reissue of her classic The Cooking of Southwest France, The Sterns are eating Indian fry bread in Greybull, WY at Lisa's, bestselling author Peter Mayle has taken on French wine, French festivals and now he's taken on French bread in his new book Confessions of a French Baker, and we meet the woman and culture behind one of Portland, Oregon's best restaurants, Andina, sophisticated Peruvian cuisine.

Download the podcast here. See also: Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking: Traditional and Modern Recipes to Savor and Share, The Cooking of Southwest France : Recipes from France's Magnificent Rustic Cuisine, Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco