Reviews
“Excellent” is the right word for this book. I have read only about one-seventh of it so far, but I have already learned a tremendous amount. Some passages reveal the author’s feelings about particular people and slightly compromise the book’s impartiality. But considering how many books gain popularity by telling readers only what they want to hear, I can understand it. I’ll write more in my next review.
The Value of Food. Author Choi Nak-eon began studying food again in 2009 because there were so many misunderstandings and prejudices about it. After reading his book Bad Knowledge Is Ruining My Body, he wrote several books. In 2016 he wrote A Rational Way to Think About Food, the forerunner to this book. He studied food engineering. Shocked by misinformation spreading on television, he returned to studying food. The author says that taste is connected to most food phenomena, and that more than
What is the value of food? Food is one of life’s most basic necessities. We jokingly say, “We eat to live,” but people truly cannot survive without food. Still, we cannot think of food only as a means of survival. In times when food was scarce, people considered it fortunate just to have something to eat, but the value of food has changed greatly in an age of abundance like ours. In The Value of Food, Choi Nak-eon writes about the true value of food, focusing on the prejudices and
Time to rethink food: The Value of Food. Choi Nak-eon’s book thoroughly examines the misunderstandings and prejudices surrounding the food we eat every day. Several times a day, we may say or hear, “This is good for you; that is harmful.” There is so much information about food that it is hard to know what really matters. We are constantly anxious even though we eat some of the safest food in the world. The book scientifically examines the many myths we encounter about food and helps
The Value of Food reinterprets the value of food in modern society and explores how deeply we think about the way we choose and consume it. The author guides readers toward a more scientific and balanced view while carefully analyzing the quantity and quality of food and its effects on our lives. In particular, the book seeks to ease the excessive anxiety people feel about food safety with the message, “Let go of worries about safety.” Grounded in scientific understanding, this approach can
Isn’t eating one of the most important things in life? Sadness, joy, or gloom can all seem to melt away when we eat, as if nothing had happened. It makes me think that food has a huge effect on our lives. Choi Nak-eon, author of The Value of Food, says he began studying food because there were so many misunderstandings and prejudices about it. I think those misunderstandings are even worse now that social media such as Instagram and TikTok is so widespread. If you want to learn about the
Choi Nak-eon: The value of food
The author has consistently spoken out to dispel food-related misconceptions in our society, in books such as The Principles of Taste, The Story of Umami and MSG, Decoding the GMO Controversy, and A Rational Way to Think About Food. This time, the author surveys food phenomena as a whole and discusses what the true value of food is.
Korean title: 식품의 가치
Korean author: 최낙언
Korean publisher: 좋은땅
ISBN-13: 9791138830980
Reviews
“Excellent” is the right word for this book. I have read only about one-seventh of it so far, but I have already learned a tremendous amount. Some passages reveal the author’s feelings about particular people and slightly compromise the book’s impartiality. But considering how many books gain popularity by telling readers only what they want to hear, I can understand it. I’ll write more in my next review.
The Value of Food. Author Choi Nak-eon began studying food again in 2009 because there were so many misunderstandings and prejudices about it. After reading his book Bad Knowledge Is Ruining My Body, he wrote several books. In 2016 he wrote A Rational Way to Think About Food, the forerunner to this book. He studied food engineering. Shocked by misinformation spreading on television, he returned to studying food. The author says that taste is connected to most food phenomena, and that more than
What is the value of food? Food is one of life’s most basic necessities. We jokingly say, “We eat to live,” but people truly cannot survive without food. Still, we cannot think of food only as a means of survival. In times when food was scarce, people considered it fortunate just to have something to eat, but the value of food has changed greatly in an age of abundance like ours. In The Value of Food, Choi Nak-eon writes about the true value of food, focusing on the prejudices and
Time to rethink food: The Value of Food. Choi Nak-eon’s book thoroughly examines the misunderstandings and prejudices surrounding the food we eat every day. Several times a day, we may say or hear, “This is good for you; that is harmful.” There is so much information about food that it is hard to know what really matters. We are constantly anxious even though we eat some of the safest food in the world. The book scientifically examines the many myths we encounter about food and helps
The Value of Food reinterprets the value of food in modern society and explores how deeply we think about the way we choose and consume it. The author guides readers toward a more scientific and balanced view while carefully analyzing the quantity and quality of food and its effects on our lives. In particular, the book seeks to ease the excessive anxiety people feel about food safety with the message, “Let go of worries about safety.” Grounded in scientific understanding, this approach can
Isn’t eating one of the most important things in life? Sadness, joy, or gloom can all seem to melt away when we eat, as if nothing had happened. It makes me think that food has a huge effect on our lives. Choi Nak-eon, author of The Value of Food, says he began studying food because there were so many misunderstandings and prejudices about it. I think those misunderstandings are even worse now that social media such as Instagram and TikTok is so widespread. If you want to learn about the
