Heh, maybe I oughta start kneading my bread on my own... :-D

Very good points. I don't think there's every any one simple answer. I guess I also look at other parts of the world, and in Bordeaux and Paris they also have the same modern conveniences, but they have a respect for food that we've completely lost. They wouldn't call most of our products "food".

As for Oprah, according to Kessler it was a woman that was on Oprah that inspired him to start researching this book.