Becoming a less-meatarian

I like a lot of the recipes Mark Bittman posts in his column in the New York Times, "The Minimalist". Now I want to read his book Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating.

From the Globe & Mail review of the book:

"a new book that might be described as part diet plan, part lifestyle manifesto and - the author being the author - part cookbook."

"It's much more efficient for humans to get their calories from plants than animals."

"He dubs his personal regimen 'vegan until 6.' From morning till dusk, he eats no animal products, junk food or simple carbohydrates (with the exception of milk or cream and sugar in his coffee). At dinner, anything goes - meat, bread, dessert, wine."

"The three things people are most neurotic about are food, sex and sleep. Very few people, every time they want to have sex, go have sex. Almost no one goes to sleep every time they get tired. But people think 'I'm hungry' and they go get food right away."