We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto by Alice Waters is an ode to mindfulness about what we eat, how we eat it, and where it comes from. The legendary chef and owner of the restaurant Chez Panisse shares her philosophy about eating and why she feels it’s important to reject the fast-food mentality that characterizes so much about daily eating in the U.S. “How did we get here?” she asks in the book. “How did so much of our food system and culture become so vulnerable to the pressures of speed--and so defined by them?” Waters’ book is a thought-provoking and important read. (Non-Fiction)