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Michael Pollan

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Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism.

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Slow Money has now funneled more than $20 million to 170 local food enterprises.
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Average rating: 4.09 · 182,972 ratings · 20,677 reviews · 30 distinct works · Similar authors
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A N...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 84,754 ratings — published 2006 — 36 editions
In Defense of Food: An Eate...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 48,554 ratings — published 2008 — 28 editions
The Botany of Desire: A Pla...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 22,712 ratings — published 2001 — 22 editions
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 18,687 ratings — published 2009 — 27 editions
Second Nature: A Gardener's...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 2,848 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions
A Place of My Own: The Educ...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,323 ratings — published 1997 — 19 editions
Cooked: A Natural History o...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions
Cat Treat Recipes
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
Cooked
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
The New Kings of Nonfiction
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,882 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

“Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.”
Michael Pollan

“He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.”
Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

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