Michael Pollan is Omnivoracious

Michael Pollan is guest-blogging for Amazon's Omnivoracious this month. I'm telling you about it because he stopped by DiNic's sandwich stand recently at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia--which happens to be owned by a family friend and paisano, Tommy Nicolosi.

So while Pollan's doing a good turn by popularizing DiNic's excellent pork sandwiches, I'm popularizing Pollan. As if he needs it.

Here's some pretty good advice on eating from the man himself.

1. Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
2. Avoid food products with more than five ingredients; with ingredients you can't pronounce.
3. Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.
4. Shop the perimeter of the supermarket, where the food is least processed.
5. Avoid food products that make health claims.
6. Eat meals and eat them only at tables. (And no, a desk is not a table.)
7. Eat only until you're 4/5 full. (An ancient Japanese injunction.)
8. Pay more, eat less.
9. Diversify your diet and eat wild foods when you can.
10. Eat slowly, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.