Last spring Michael Pollan dispensed some poetically precise nutritional advice—”Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”—for the New York Times, now immortalized on the cover of his new book, In Defense of Food (Penguin Press, 2008). Inspired, we asked a few of our favorite omnivores to wax similarly minimalist.

Offal meats. Taste great. Eat more. Less waste.
—Chris Cosentino, chef, Incanto
Incanto


Drink Beaujolais. It’s good stuff. Know no Nouveau.
—Wayne Garcia, ESF ­contributor and illustrator
In the Blood - Stubbs Vineyard


Eat Local. One meal in ten. Anything but fast food!
—Tracey Ryder, founder, Edible Communities, Inc.
Edible Communities


Plant seeds. A little water. Pick and eat.
—Bruce Cole, ESF editor and publisher


Twelve-course tasting menu. Ego on a plate. The Michelin man.
—Sara Deseran, senior editor, 7x7 magazine
7x7 Magazine


Purple eye shadow. Rounded flesh. Eggplant love.
—Carol Ness, food reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
SF Chronicle Food Section

{Read ESF Deputy Editor Bonnie Powell's review of Michael Pollan's new book on the Ethicurean.}