Nina Planck: Food writer

Here's a new author I'm interested in.

She's the author of "Real Food: What to Eat and Why" (now in paperback) and "explains why beef, butter, eggs, and other traditional foods are good for you, and corn oil and skim milk, among other modern foods, are not. (Read reviews.) Nina is working on a new book, Real Food for Mother and Baby, which covers fertility, pregnancy, and baby's first foods. In England, Nina wrote The Farmers' Market Cookbook, a guide to what the farmer knows about produce and the cook should. (Alas, it's out of print.)

"Nina is a regular guest columnist on the The New York Times editorial pages and a frequent guest on WNYC, the NPR affiliate in NYC. In 2008, she wrote two articles for Bon Appetit (on butter and raw milk cheese) and for PARADE, on superfoods, includnig grass-fed beef and coconut oil. In 2001, she hosted a 13-part series on farmers' markets for British television."

Anyhow, I stumbled upon an organic food buying club called Annie's Buying Club. I think I might be a buying coordinator someday. From there, I found this site called "Kelly the Kitchen Kop." And Kelly is giving away some copies of Nina's new book. If I blog about the contest and link back (notice how smoothly I did that?) I get extra entries. So there!

Anyhow, I've been thinking about how little fruits and vegetables i actually consume in a day. And I think I really need to up the amount. So I went to The Produce Place and bought about $25 worth of fruit and veggies to give us all something to snack on instead of processed crap. Here's to healthy!