Writing the wrongs of eating

Michael Pollan gives away the point of his latest book, "In Defense of Food," on page one.

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants," he writes.

Sadly, that doesn't reflect most American diets, which is eat (processed) food. A lot. Mainly meat.

Don't get me wrong. I like a tri-tip as much as the next guy. The problem, though, is that some form of animal constitutes the main dish in far too many meals. Pollan says that people should think of meat as a side dish.

I raved about his last book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma," which analyzed the three major food systems, industrial, organic and hunter-gatherer. It pointed out the problems that exists, and left people wondering what they should eat.

So he wrote another book.

I'm only a few dozen pages into it, though I suspect I'll be done in a week or two. He promised to offer some general guidelines on what to put on the dinner table.

I'm trying to modify how and what I eat to be more healthy. My first task has been eating more salads with mixed greens. It's what I had last night. What'd you eat?