Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

by Sarah DiGregorio

May 14, 2009

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The Colbert Report was food-centric last night, including Colbert dining and dashing on the ridiculous $1000 sundae at Serendipity, and this interview with Michael Pollan about his new book, In Defense of Food.

The interview is a little awkward, but also hilarious. Highlight: Michael Pollan discovers, live, that he was not breast-fed.

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