Alert! Set your Tivo, your DVR, tie a string around your finger, whatever you need to remember that Michael Pollan will be on Oprah tomorrow (Wednesday)! Kudos to the media queen for bringing him and his food message to mainstream TV. It looks like they'll be quizzing the audience about eating habits, talking about what we should be eating and, most importantly, how it is produced. Plus Alicia Silverstone will be spreading her vegetarian gospel! Hooray! I've said it before, and I know that many of you have read his books, but Michael Pollan is my food hero. His books The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food rocked my world and set my family down the path of whole foods and healthier eating. He is an engaging, down-to-earth guy and I can't wait to see him tomorrow!
I have to admit that I am intrigued by the Naked Chef Jamie Oliver's new reality show, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," which I just heard about yesterday. As a general rule I avoid reality TV. But this 6-episode show has Jamie trying to revamp the eating habits of an entire town -- Huntington, West Virginia -- labeled 'The Unhealthiest City in America' by the Associated Press in 2008. Unhealthy due to high rates (50%) of obesity and its associated ailments, thought to be triggered by a high rate of poverty and lack of access to fresh produce in the area. I hope it's done well and not so over-dramatic and uncomfortable to make it unwatchable. I watched a preview on YouTube that shows Jamie taking on school lunches (yea), but then there was the bit with him crying (boo). The series is set to debut Friday, March 26 at 9pm on ABC.
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