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IN DIFFENSE OF FOOD AN EATER'S MANIFESTO by Michael Pollan ①

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     For this semister I'd finish reading a famous food-related book, IN DIFFENSE OF FOOD: AN EATER'S MANIFESTO by Michael Pollan. In his book, he displays the simplest motto that anyone who wish to eat healthier can follow, in this ever confusing world regarding what is the right way to eat for our body. The motto is: EAT FOOD, NOT TOO MUCH, MOSTLY PLANTS      But what does that really mean? He's going to explain it to us with his observation on toxic neutritionism in the modern western society, especially this one country: U.S. Michael Pollan is an American jounralist who has been well known for the previous works such as THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA, A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS.    He is not a scientist himself, but the reason why his books are so accepted by so many people and given a place as siginificant educational materials when we talk about food, to eat, and the relationship with the environment of our planet is that: he acknowledges/...

Restaurant Review

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  THE CITY BAKERY BRASSERIE RUBIN TASTE ★★★★☆ EXPENSE ★★★☆☆ CUSTOMER SERVICE ★★★★☆ CLEANILINESS ★★★☆ OVERALL ★★★★☆ Date: 11th December 12:05 Cost: approximately 3500 yen for two persons Place: NEWoMan Yokohama 8F Opening Hours: 11:00-23:00 (L.O. 22:00) Seats: 120 Contact: 045-534-5266 Thier website Hello, everyone! Today I'd like to do an analysis on a restaurant I visited a few weeks ago with my best friend ;D THE CITY BAKERY BRASSERIE RUBIN is a restaurant chain run by THE CITY BAKERY, which has its origin in NewYork back to 1990. They have 18 bakery&cafes and 7 restaurants here in Japan. I and my frined went to one of the restaurants based in Yokohama. We ordered:  ①Grilled pork spareribs 1650yen (1815 with tax) ②Buttermilk chicken with Biriyani 1600yen (1760 with tax) As we finished the order, the waiter brought us a basket of 3 kinds of breads as all the lunch menu came with no limits of breads!* *Focaccia, Walnuts bread, Whole wheat bread My frined liked the walnuts ...

Summarizing the award-winning food blog, The Stay at Home Chef

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Hello everyone ;D This is the 2nd post on my food blog! Before beginning to show you my experiments at the kitchen, I'd like to do a couple of activities and this post is for one of them! In this post I'd like to introduce my analysis on a famous food blog, The Stay at Home Chef °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° Rachel Farnsworth, the funder of the blog who has husband and two school-aged children started cooking at the age of 11. She has experiences of both formal and informal culinary trainings. Now her recipes are used in bakeries and restaurants all over the world! 🔗 Jump to The Stay at Home Chef Look at those homemade lemon poppy seed muffins! Absolutely adorable. Anyways, what I would like to mention is its convenience to search a recipe you're just looking for ;) This is the recipe index page of the blog.  You can narrow down the recipes according to the main ingredient of the dish, different types of cuisine such as French, Mexican, and so on. This is especially useful if you cook eve...