NYT Opinion Guest Essay "The French Know How to Do Food. Even When It’s Frozen."

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Is this here already? It apparently also appears as “The French Secret to Healthier Eating”

I was looking to add this somewhere ; maybe that thread about snacking habits, but that’s not quite right.

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The French Know How to Do Food. Even When It’s Frozen.

A few ideas interesting to me

“Over 1,400 brands have now adopted Nutri-Score, “

“A prepared food sector also has proliferated alongside dual-income families, with ready-made food shops and brands like Picard offering consumers healthier alternatives to ultraprocessed junk”

“Paris embraced the “15-minute city” ideal” — I am looking for a home in a “walkable neighborhood”. Apparently lots of folks are! Really drives up the price, and maybe reduces lot size, which iinterferes with my gardening goals.

“The lunch period is also meant to instill French values of food appreciation and culture. Children are supposed to sit for three or four courses.” :open_mouth:

Uh oh…looks like the opinion part is building up to politics.

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I appreciated the “comment section” more than the article itself. A lot of insight from all sides. Something to think about. And yes, this article is definitely politically motivated, but then again, I would expect no less from the NYT.

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Interesting read. I really do wish the article had done more to emphasize its important point that food companies have been deciding what we get to eat, which has taken a toll on our health collectively. Of course there are solutions for healthier eating at an individual household level if you are fortunate to have enough time and money (say, a CSA share), but our food system as a whole is not designed to help in my view.

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Capitalism, baby. In its most unadulterated form — unlike the resulting “food.”

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