Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search For A Perfect Meal In A Fast Food World

Author: Michael Pollan

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  • : $25.00 AUD
  • : 9781408812181
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : 01 January 2011
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  • : 01 February 2011
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Description

What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer. We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, but deciding what we should eat stirs anxiety. Should we choose the organic apple or the conventional? If organic, local or imported? Wild fish or farmed? Low-carb or low-cal? As the American culture of fast food and unlimited choice invades the world, Pollan follows his next meal from land to table, tracing the origin of everything consumed and the implications for ourselves and our planet. His astonishing findings will shock all who care about what they put on their plate.

Awards

The Omnivore's Dilemma has been shortlisted for the Andre Simon Memorial award 2006.

Author description

Michael Pollan is the author of Second Nature, A Place of My Own, and The Botany of Desire, which was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon. A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. www.michaelpollan.com