Here's a thought: what if we ban the word 'healthy food' from our culinary vocabulary? I'm not talking about banning foods that are considered healthy. I'm talking about changing the way we think about food overall.
Interpretation
This quote suggests rethinking our relationship with food rather than labeling it as 'healthy' or 'unhealthy'. It's about changing our mindset towards food.
Marcus Samuelsson's quote challenges the conventional terminology surrounding food, particularly the labeling of certain foods as 'healthy'. By proposing to ban the phrase 'healthy food', he advocates for a shift in perspective where we focus on the overall experience and relationship with food rather than divisive categorization. This approach encourages a more holistic understanding of nourishment and enjoyment, promoting a healthier attitude toward eating that transcends simplistic labels.
In practice
During a health and wellness seminar, I shared this quote to encourage participants to rethink their approach to nutrition.
I'm engaged in food on so many levels, and I love that. So my work, my craft, is around food, and writing is one aspect of it; communicating a narrative, cooking online is one aspect of it; solving the food chasm that we have in Harlem and finding a farmers market is another one, and all of them are equally exciting for me.
To become a good cook is to know yourself, and I, at this point, know myself. I know myself, and I know the cook I want to be and the cook I am striving to be.
As a chef, I always have in mind how to properly feed the public, but at times it's easy to forget that some people have trouble even getting any food, much less adequate nutrition.
I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my parents say, 'We have adopted kids.' The minute my sister Linda and I landed in Sweden, we were their kids.
I've been lucky to travel and work all over the world through the lens of the back of the house, and I love that monocle. I love that lens, because it's real people.
Children want to mimic adults. They notice when you choose to prepare fresh vegetables over calling in another pizza pie for dinner. They will see that food made with love and care outweighs going through the drive-through window.
A human being is part of a whole called by us the universe.
Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
The movement is everything, the final goal is nothing.
Death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse.
The only freedom is the freedom from the known.
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