Quotes from Harold McGee

George Orwell famously observed in The Road to Wigan Pier that leftist intellectuals seldom had anything to do with the lower classes that they championed, for a simple reason, his emphasis: "The lower classes smell.

they have repeatedly overcome or worked around the forces of the actual—inertia, stasis, entropy—to probe the realm of the possible.

All of these particular effects are consistent with frequent findings that diets high in meat and therefore protein are associated with an increased risk of colon cancer.

Fish are an endless source of meditation and astonishment. The varied forms of these strange creatures, their diverse means of existence, the influence upon this of the places in which they must live and breathe and move about….

There are several kinds of cheese that do not melt on heating: they simply get drier and stiffer. These include Indian paneer and Latin queso blanco, Italian ricotta, and most fresh goat cheeses;

If plants are so well endowed with their own natural pesticides, then why isn't the world littered with the corpses of their victims?

The Challenge of Whole Birds