OK, this first part doesn't have anything to do with the video (so you can just skip down if you want), but I'm so excited I have to share. I spent the morning today getting our little home gym set up so that I can now watch videos while I'm on the treadmill or elliptical. And for my inaugural run, I watched Jamie Oliver's recent TED lecture (who needs TV when you have TED|Talks?!?). That wasn't quite long enough, so to finish off my run, I used my handy dandy little apple remote to flip over to Oliver's followup interview on CNN. How cool is that? No more just staring at the brick wall while I run at home!!! Yipee!!!
Anyway, this is some mighty good stuff and you really need to watch it. And then make other people watch it. And then go cook something.
Anyway, this is some mighty good stuff and you really need to watch it. And then make other people watch it. And then go cook something.
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Sadly, if American businesses did care about caring, US health care wouldn't be in the situation it is. Oliver has many good ideas and lots of passion, but I think he is naive about turning US food policy around (the FDA & Monsanto, anyone?). Changing how and what Americans eat will truly have to be a grass roots movement, a consumer movement; government and corporations like the status quo. But when will people wake up? Oliver makes some of the same points that "Super Size Me" made, but I haven't noticed anything affecting overall policy since that movie. Have you?
Well, I share your concern that he's going to be able to make a difference, but I'm glad he's trying. And he's going about it in the right way, by trying to incite that grass roots movement, as you rightly suggest will be necessary.
"SuperSize Me" might have done some good. At least according to a writer who did a bit of followup a few years after the movie came out (she concludes by saying, "'Supersize Me' did not start an overnight revolution, but it did put in motion a series of small changes that are beginning to add up.")
I hope Oliver gets attention (as annoying as I find him; never could watch his cooking show). And that link was cheering news about the fast food industry.
This is the first I've seen of him. Surprisingly enough, I don't watch cooking shows. I enjoyed his TED talk though (I also enjoyed it when Peter Reinhart talked bread at TED!).
He had his own TV show in his 20's. He was a huge hit because he didn't use "chef talk" or fancy utensils and was deliberately careless with the way he handled things. The only TV chef I have voluntarily watched until the end credits so far is Nigella Lawson - once.
Hmmm... I don't know why people watch cooking shows. Is it to compensate for all the delivered pizza, maybe? Why do you not watch?
Hrmmm... I used to watch one. It was Justin Wilson's "Louisiana Cookin'" -- he was funny and I was curious about cajun food. But he actually cooked food while explaining what he was doing. These days, cooking shows seem to have devolved into some sort of competitive events, and the ones that do still allow for learning just don't appeal to me (Rachel Ray is more of a brand name than she is a person and is entirely overdone in the marketplace).
Well, that won't get me to start watching then.
Thanks for sharing the video. I didn't watch Jamie's reality show because I just don't like that sort of thing, but I can see from this talk that he isn't just using these things to be a media darling, it sounds like he actually cares.
A grass roots movement could start. Between Jamie Oliver, Morgan Spurlock, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Sandor Katz and Michele Obama just to name a few, these issues are becoming more and more talked about. Especially since bloggers are helping push the message along.
Mimi, thanks for commenting! I hope you're right, and this movement is going to go viral! I used to post a lot about politics, and I've given that up for the most part, but I think this food thing might become my new hobby horse. I love to spend time in the kitchen, playing with food, and I love how my body feels when I feed it with real, slow food!
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