<![CDATA[The Omnivore's Dilemma]]>

false <![CDATA[The Omnivore's Dilemma]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1192945129m/3109.jpg 3109 14 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. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't -- which mushrooms should be avoided, for example, and which berries we can enjoy. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance. The cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet has thrown us back on a bewildering landscape where we once again have to worry about which of those tasty-looking morsels might kill us. At the same time we're realizing that our food choices also have profound implications for the health of our environment. The Omnivore's Dilemma is bestselling author Michael Pollan's brilliant and eye-opening exploration of these little-known but vitally important dimensions of eating in America. Pollan has divided The Omnivore's Dilemma into three parts, one for each of the food chains that sustain us: industrialized food, alternative or "organic" food, and food people obtain by dint of their own hunting, gathering, or gardening. Pollan follows each food chain literally from the ground up to the table, emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the species we depend on. He concludes each section by sitting down to a meal -- at McDonald's, at home with his family sharing a dinner from Whole Foods, and in a revolutionary "beyond organic" farm in Virginia. For each meal he traces the provenance of everything consumed, revealing the hidden components we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods reflects our environmental and biological inheritance. We are indeed what we eat -- and what we eat remakes the world. A society of voracious and increasingly confused omnivores, we are just beginning to recognize the profound consequences of the simplest everyday food choices, both for ourselves and for the natural world. The Omnivore's Dilemma is a long-overdue book and one that will become known for bringing a completely fresh perspective to a question as ordinary and yet momentous as What shall we have for dinner? 3287769 book 11 4 2006 The Omnivore's Dilemma total:23913|5:10774|4:9427|3:2982|2:580|1:149| 23913 101838 44581 6018 5 36 false false Mon Feb 18 13:14:28 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 06:38:59 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 13:13:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 19 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 19:02:29 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 19:03:15 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 12 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Oct 13 23:52:50 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 23:59:17 -0700 2007
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This book provokes a lot of thought about the origins of our food and the biological, political, social and economic implications of those origins. I liked that Pollan approached the topic journalistically, with admirably little in the way of p...more...]]> 4 5 false false Mon May 26 07:23:06 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 26 06:06:31 -0800 2008 Mon May 26 07:23:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 8 false false Thu Dec 13 14:21:25 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 14:41:02 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 6 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 06:50:32 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 08:01:52 -0700 2007 Joel Salatin's book...more...]]> 4 7 false false Fri Nov 07 02:42:14 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 02:59:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 5 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 10:54:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 15:18:18 -0800 2009 The Omnivore's Dilemma is a feel good guide to consumerism at its most sustainable, organic, locally grown, and ultimately high-end. Yes, this is an eye-opening read that will, at first, make you...more...]]> 4 4 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 19:01:31 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:16:19 -0700 2008 1
The book begins simply enough in an Iowa cornfield as Pollen brea...more...]]> 3 4 false false Fri Aug 24 13:59:25 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 17:43:27 -0700 2007
In the first part, Pollan exposes the damaging effects of industrial ...more...]]> 2 7 false false Sat Oct 06 17:40:17 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 10:14:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 4 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 17:56:10 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 09:52:07 -0800 2009 1
Michael Pollan challenges his readers to examine their food a little closer, to consider where it c...more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 06:59:13 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 07:01:24 -0700 2008 The Omnivore's Dilemma on audiobook. Our farmer friends recommended it, oh, two whole years ago, so we finally decided to pick it up.

Now, this is a long audiobook for a single car trip. 13 discs. 15 hours and 58 minutes of...more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Dec 03 19:19:40 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 31 10:37:12 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 19:19:27 -0800 2007
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I would have done some extensive editing.

The final chapter is sublime.

OK, my real review:

I am a convenience eater. M...more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 06:12:22 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 10:56:17 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3109