The omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals
β Scribed by Pollan, Michael
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- UND
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780143038580
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β¦ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain usβ whether industrial or organic, alternative or processedβhe develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.
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### From Publishers Weekly [Signature]Reviewed by *Pamela Kaufman*Pollan (\_The Botany of Desire\_) examines what he calls "our national eating disorder" (the Atkins craze, the precipitous rise in obesity) in this remarkably clearheaded book. It's a fascinating journey up and down the food chain, o
### From Publishers Weekly [Signature]Reviewed by *Pamela Kaufman*Pollan (\_The Botany of Desire\_) examines what he calls "our national eating disorder" (the Atkins craze, the precipitous rise in obesity) in this remarkably clearheaded book. It's a fascinating journey up and down the food chain, o
### From Publishers Weekly [Signature]Reviewed by *Pamela Kaufman*Pollan (\_The Botany of Desire\_) examines what he calls "our national eating disorder" (the Atkins craze, the precipitous rise in obesity) in this remarkably clearheaded book. It's a fascinating journey up and down the food chain, o
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain usβ whethe
SUMMARY: The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat.