I’m a big fan of cheat sheets. People seem to think of writers as people who become experts in their fields of specialty, soaked in all those interviews and explanations and facts and figures. While it’s true that we do soak up a lot when we’re immersed in one field or topic for any length of time, I tend to think of us more as librarians. It’s our job to put our fingers on the facts our readers need. For me, if I move on write about similar material, it’s all good—but if I shift to a different topic altogether, it may not be long before I can no longer rattle off those top 10 lists from memory.
If you’re like me, you need something fairly global for the grocery store, something that steers you around the vicious labeling tricks. Here’s some ammunition I loaded up recently for Super Eco: a list of the Top 20 food additives to avoid.
