I thoroughly enjoy following Mr. Bittman:

“I have a friend whose slogan is “cooking solves everything.” I don’t think it does, but the point is a valuable one: if you cook, you think about what goes into your mouth; you shop more carefully; you begin to think about where the food you’re shopping for came from, and how it was produced; you begin to think about what you’re throwing out, and how you might use it instead of waste it; and so on.”