“Okinawa, one of the longest-lived and healthiest populations in the world, practice a principle they call hara hachi bu: Eat until you are 80 percent full.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
“[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use.”
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
“Consumerism thrives on emotional voids.”
― Appetites: Why Women Want
― Appetites: Why Women Want
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