James's review
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
Thank you for taking the time to write such an in depth review of this book.I now know for sure that this is a must-read book for me.=)
James's review
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
James's review
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I am deeply ashamed, depressed, and embarrassed by the fact that such a book as Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food need be written, much less published, critically acclaimed, and enjoyed by someone such as myself. Pollan himself acknowledges the perverse state of affairs saying, “That one should feel the need to mount a defense of ‘the meal’ is sad, but then I never would have thought ‘food’ needed defending, either.”
We should be collectively mortified as a culture because though Pollan greets us on the back jacket with his cute bald head, dopey ears, nerdy glasses, and huge grin of unassuming innocence…
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…his sheer journalistic acuity packs a hard punch. When you are done with his book, you will feel the same way about food manufacturers, food marketers, nutritionists, and the government as you do about Scientologists, multi-level marketing schemes, and two-bit scam artists.
We’re not eating food anymore. We’re Orthorexics, people ...more
We should be collectively mortified as a culture because though Pollan greets us on the back jacket with his cute bald head, dopey ears, nerdy glasses, and huge grin of unassuming innocence…
pollan_highres.jpg
…his sheer journalistic acuity packs a hard punch. When you are done with his book, you will feel the same way about food manufacturers, food marketers, nutritionists, and the government as you do about Scientologists, multi-level marketing schemes, and two-bit scam artists.
We’re not eating food anymore. We’re Orthorexics, people ...more
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Thank you for taking the time to write such an in depth review of this book.I now know for sure that this is a must-read book for me.=)