The History of French wine begins in antiquity. Noah, for example, was a lover of wine and he got drunk on it as soon as the deluge ended. Follow the development of wine through the Middle Ages and beyond and explore the history of the wines in Burgundy in this the first of several articles.
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History Of French Wine, Part One
In Defense of Food Michael Pollan has given us the most important book on nutrition in this decade. He strikes back at the deluge of diet books and nutritionalism that has confused Americans now for two generations. He uses science to attack the “science” behind the nutritionalism that has so distorted the American attitude toward food and has left Americans as the most over fed and under nourished in the world.
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In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan – A Book Review