Michael Pollan
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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2006
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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2008
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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2001
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
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2018
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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
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2008
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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2013
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Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
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2020
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
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1991
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A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
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1997
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Pollan on Food Boxed Set: The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, Cooked
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“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.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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