The book "Food Matters: a Conscious Guide to Eating" by Mark Bittmann is an intersection between a guide to food ethics and politics, a sensible outline of dietary guidelines promoting good eating habits, and a cookbook. The indices are divided between research and recipes, making the book much more easily searchable. I like my research to come with a good bibliography and the info on the ills of the food industry and nutritional research in the US are provided in readible prose, that does not require deep industry knowledge. Some of the material overlaps with Michael Pollan's book, Omnivore's Dilemma.
I like Bittman's approach to recipes. He provides a basic recipes and then a few ways to spice things up - so to speak. It is a practical approach to cooking that follows my own approach--read a few recipes, see what the basic recipe is, see what variations can be done and then pick and chose. This approach usually requires some knowledge of spices and cooking--but Bittman makes that easy by providing the basics and a few variations to get you started.
I think it is a pretty darn good book. Hope that this helps.
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