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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
by Michael Pollan
Very interesting book exploring the differences and connections between three ways of eating. Factory farming, small farming/organic and foraging. I had no idea this country floated on an ocean of corn.
For a while there I thought Pollan was going to drag me kicking and screaming into vegetarianism, but eventually he let me off the hook.
He tells you everything you never thought to ask about how the food chain works. The bad news is that no way of eating is perfect. It’s given me a lot to think about when shopping for groceries. Perhaps more than I want to think about.
For a while there I thought Pollan was going to drag me kicking and screaming into vegetarianism, but eventually he let me off the hook.
He tells you everything you never thought to ask about how the food chain works. The bad news is that no way of eating is perfect. It’s given me a lot to think about when shopping for groceries. Perhaps more than I want to think about.
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All the time I was reading this I kept wishing my father were still alive. He was Professor of Biochemistry and Nutrition at USC until about 1970. I would have liked to discuss it with him.
I learned a lot from this book and went on to read Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Pollan's follow-up (and lighter weight) In Defense of Food. I guess that makes me a "foodie."
