Introducing HuffPost Food: Food for Thought and Thought for Food (PHOTOS)

The arrival of the HuffPost Food and drink section is right on time. Food may be the preeminent topic of our times. An exaggeration? Food weaves through, nay, encompasses all the major topics on the HuffPost menu:

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Food is So Much More Than "What's for Dinner?"

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Never before have Americans had so many choices, and so much difficulty in making those choices. Michael Pollan called it the "Omnivore's Dilemma" because the question of what's for dinner goes way beyond what's in the fridge, it encompasses every topic on the HuffPo navigation bar: Politics, Media, Entertainment, Sports, Business, Living, Style, Green, Tech World, College, Impact, Books, and Religion. Food begs sooooo many questions, and this new Food section will try to answer them with food for thought and thought for food.

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Never before have Americans had so many choices, and so much difficulty in making those choices. Michael Pollan called it the "Omnivore's Dilemma" because the question of what's for dinner goes way beyond what's in the fridge, it encompasses every topic on the HuffPo navigation bar: Politics, Media, Entertainment, Sports, Business, Living, Style, Green, Tech World, College, Impact, Books, and Religion. Food begs sooooo many questions, and this new Food section will try to answer them with food for thought and thought for food.

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[jodm]

12:31 PM on 04/18/2010

As a food blogger and avid reader of HuffPo, I'm very excited about this section. Rock on and food out!

http://jod­iskitchena­ndhome.blo­gspot.com

[sonoffestus]

02:59 AM on 04/15/2010

Hey, my hard drive is heating up , anyone got an egg? Great section.

[Chibimi]

10:16 PM on 04/13/2010

Awesome slideshow. Just one note: Mormons do eat chocolate. No coffee, tea, or alcohol, but trust me. Mormons tend to eat very large amounts of chocolate.

[Heidi Cooks Supper]

09:51 AM on 04/13/2010

How wonderful! A Huffington Post section for foodies!

Since we foodies are blog-happy­, how about a review column covering the blogs? I'm just an amateur but some of them are wonderful!

http://www­.heidicook­ssupper.co­m

[RobtChristian]

08:31 AM on 04/13/2010

As I grow older, the desire for good food has slowly been exceeding my desire for sex.
That's why I put the mirror over the dining room table.

[KellyRyan]

08:22 AM on 04/13/2010

If it hasn't been mentioned I'd like a, "Vegan Corner."

[Franallen Xena]

07:09 AM on 04/13/2010

So what's with the brown color choice for this department­?
Is chocolate brown, reminding us about our sweet tooth cravings?

http://www­.squidoo.c­om/massage­mania

[msbadger]

06:09 AM on 04/13/2010

I love this idea, and I'm pretty excited to see how it works out. I know I need to eat more healthily, and I'm on a very limited budget. Need to lose weight, too. Last but not least, wonderful potential for recipe exchanges.

[charles10]

05:55 AM on 04/13/2010

Food has attained a certain glamor thanks to those Lifestyle network cable shows.

What with all those cooking shows and contests, the kids now all want to be chefs! It's amazing, because just a generation ago, cooking school wasn't so hot....now­, those same schools charge a premium for their courses!

Here's a shoutout to the glamor chefs:
Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, Jamie Oliver, Ted Allen, Mario Batali, Nigella Lawson, Giada de Laurentiis­, and of course the one who started it all, Julia Child.

[General Public]

05:40 AM on 04/13/2010

Can I download food to my computer? I'm hungry. LOL

[melton244]

04:46 AM on 04/13/2010

Hey, this is a great idea! I love the new section!

[jozzie]

03:44 AM on 04/13/2010

So what's with the brown color choice for this department­?
Is is chocolate brown, reminding us about our sweet tooth cravings?
Or is it T-Bone steak brown, reminding us of all the artery-clo­gging fat we're supposed to be forgetting­?

[Smithn]

03:34 PM on 04/18/2010

Odd. It look like plumb or black-grap­e color to me. yum either way.

[ponderingmuch]

02:42 AM on 04/13/2010

My current take on food:

Grow green leafy things that grow in your climate (I live in Hollywood, so most food grows here...I am lucky) and pick of some every day and eat it. (Arugula! Yes! Chard, beet greens, various lettuces)

Exercise, somehow (I have a fractured spine from falling down the slumlord's crumbling stairs, a full flight, in the back of my building) so I bought a $250 recumbent exercise bike (big ticket for me) and USE it!

Otherwise, eat whatever protein and fiber heavy things suit you, some healthy fats, at least one meal a day, and drink the healthiest version of "meal in a pack" things you can find if you work a zillion hours a week, as I do (EAS Advant EDGE is my current one) for all but that one real meal.

My current diet is not all that thrilling, but I am as healthy as my broken self can be, and am losing weight.

And I am old.

Plus I take a variety of obscure Chinese herbs.

[ArtShamsky]

01:38 AM on 04/13/2010

Special high fiber diets could be made for all Dems in Congress, there's gotta be a reason.

[Deeba Rajpal]

01:18 AM on 04/13/2010

What a great idea. For someone passionate about food and art, food blogging specifical­ly, I love the timing of the launch. I find the Huffpost very interestin­g and well researched­, and was happy to find a mention here.
http://www­.huffingto­npost.com/­2morrowkni­ght/10-...
Would you be looking for contributo­rs? I'd love to know. Thank you!