- "Don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food."
- "Avoid foods containing ingredients you can't pronounce."
- "Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot."
- "Avoid food products that carry health claims."
- "Shop the peripheries of the supermarket; stay out of the middle."
- "Better yet, buy food somewhere else: the farmers' market or CSA."
- "Pay more, eat less."
- "Eat a wide variety of species."
- "Eat food from animals that eat grass."
- "Cook, and if you can, grow some of your own food."
- "Eat meals and eat them only at tables."
- "Eat deliberately, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure."
(In Defence of Food)