Michael Pollan Quotes

I got food poisoning in Venezuela, and it sucked!

I've been to location shoots in Mexico before, and everyone ends up getting sick.

As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.

Most of the sicknesses we suffer from are from the things we eat.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

My mother accidentally gave me food poisoning. She fed me baby carrots for a snack before Christmas dinner - but they had expired in June! I threw up for the next 24 hours.

That is raw dough. Never eat raw dough. They can make worms in your tummy. Worms in your tummy.

When I leave the country, I'm very, very cautious about what I eat and drink. No vegetables, no fruit.

I got food poisoning today. I don't know when I'll use it.

I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.

If you don't wash dishes properly, you will get ill. And you will lose friends because they'll come to your house, you'll give them tea in a filthy cup, and they'll never see you again.

I like eating food after it's gone off.

Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.

Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out.

I want to focus on my salad.

If we want our bodies to be healthier, we need to get off the salmonella, e-coli, mad cow, assembly-line toxic hell train! God I love that statement. What did I just say?

When you have a flaming hot donut in your hand and your trying to eat it your not worried about 10 and 2

Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it? Do you know how long it takes for Listeria to grow under those hot lamps, even with ice?' Here we go. 'It can happen in just five hours. Five hours and you've got the salad bar of death!' The waitress looks confused. 'From Listerine?

You can't eat tomatoes because they're tainted with deadly salmonella. First there was tainted lettuce. Now, tainted tomatoes. Who would have thought that the healthiest part of a B.L.T. would be the bacon?

"It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass, in a broken voice. "It was the salmon."

This toast feels raw. Is it safe to eat raw toast?

Paris Hilton is one of the hosts for Nicole Richie’s baby shower, and they’re serving sushi. Awesome, Paris—sushi, the one thing pregnant women are forbidden to eat. Thanks for the mercury.

Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?

If someone sprays windex in your food it can give you diarrhea. But once you wipe it off your windows, you're fine.

I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterwards been, I'm glad I ate that. I'm always like, I'm gonna die.