"Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" - Michael Pollan

You can read this book in about an hour and it just might change your eating life. His writing is simple, straightforward and funny. Here are a couple of Michael Pollan's food rules, for more read his new book “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual".

#11 Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
#19 If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.
#36 Don't eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.
#39 Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.
#47 Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.
#58 Do all your eating at a table.

Great New York Times article on this book.

Image via Aya Brackett

Easy Wheels

 

When you live in New York and you like to go food shopping as much as I do, a set of hands will not suffice (especially during the winter months when said hands are experiencing frost bite despite gloves). Salvation comes in the form of the shopping cart.


I always thought there weren't that "cool" looking, what was I thinking?! They are very French, you see people doing their food shopping all over Paris with these. When deciding between inexpensive model (new year's resolution to save, save, save)and more expensive sturdier looking one, indecision all over my face, the very nice gentleman helping me said "remember New York sidewalks". That did it! As I walked back home with said cart in tow (they graciously assembled it at the store for me, amazing)wf bag inside it, huge smile on my face I was so happy I had listened.
For similar models go here and here.