Product DescriptionA New York Times 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 us—whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed—he 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.
What Others Say
Calling all Corn People - READ THIS BOOK!
I read The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals a little while ago and didn't have time to review it, but the essential messages keep popping into my consciousness as I go about my day-to-day life. Before reading The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, for example, I had never realized that Corn has cunningly taken over the world and turned us all into "Corn People." Pollan's simple plan - to make three meals - turns into an exploration of all things wrong with the modern industrial food production and delivery system. Pollan's prose is wonderful and his thinking nothing short of brilliant. Even if some of his ideas are not completely original, as some critical reviews argue, this is still a remarkable book that will enrich your life - and the world, if enough people read it.
Omnivore's Dilemma
A very interesting book which fairly considers, defends and challenges all eating habits from vegans to junk-food junkies. Micheal Pollan does an excellent job of tracking down the history of food laws & policies in the U.S. and revealing how that history impacts our national eating habits today. Most of all I liked the ending, which wasn't doom and gloom but rather a positive recounting of the author's own completley home-made meal. He seemed to really challenge himself, and ultimately enjoy himself, while writing The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM?
Omnivore's Dilemma traces our food back to its sources - and in many cases finds corn of all things! The author discusses industrial food production and the primary food chains from their sources to our kitchens. He covers processed foods, mainstream industrial farming, and organic foods. He also addresses how animals are treated, which most people try not to think about. The information in the book is important and eye opening. The take home message for me is that what we eat is so fundamental to life yet we leave it in the hands of others to grow, produce, and deliver to us. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals encourages a consciousness of where food comes from and persuades the reader to look for local organically grown foods or grow some themselves. I recommend this ... Read More
Elevated to College Text
Spoon River College in Illinois is using The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals as one of 3 texts used in its Intro. to Philosophy class. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals opens so many excellent questions about philosophy and ethics that it makes excellent intellectual fodder.
a great read
a thoroughly enjoyable read that spans the history of our eating behavior, to the prevalence of corn in our current diet, and one man's journey to reconnect with nature. his personal dilemna with eating meat after learning about the industrial process of meat production and his thought process in rationalizing his decision was the most interesting part. i highly recommend it
