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You’re heard of knock off purses but have you ever heard of knock-off junk food? Food author Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules, encourages us to make our own junk food. “Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.” Umbra takes junk food into her own hands and shows how to make homemade, mostly organic twinkies. Cause if there’s going to be junk in your trunk, might as well be your own, homemade junk food. Watch this! Links: DIY Junk Food on Grist – Make Your Own Almond Joy – http://www.grist.org/article/2010-03-17-almond-joy-recipe Michael Pollan talks about Food Rules on Oprah – http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01-28-michael-pollan-sets-food-rules-on-oprah NY Times interview with Pollan about his his new book ‘Food Rules’ - http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/michael-pollan-offers-64-ways-to-eat-food/ Umbra’s Twinkie Recipe adapted from the great Twinkie recipe on Chow.com – http://www.chow.com/recipes/10467 To get your own copy of Michael Pollan’s Food Rules – http://www.amazon.com/Food-Rules-Eaters-Michael-Pollan/dp/014311638X

• Release Date

  Mar 23, 2010

• Runtime

  03:51