The Omnivore's Dilemma

A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

Paperback, 450 pages

English language

Published by Penguin Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-303858-0

(11 reviews)

Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine or survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore's Dilemma is changing the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating. --back cover

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Cheri reviewed The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Review of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

This book has been on my shelf for 13 years. I finally dusted it off, literally, and got down to reading. It has forced me, as I knew it would, to yank my head out of the sand with regard to food, where it comes from, what its production does to the animals and the earth, and a few other things I had happily chosen to forget since my vegetarian days.

While not a book for everyone, I found it informative and sometimes entertaining. I'm not quite ready to give up meat but I have found a local butcher shop that sells farm-raised, grass and pasture-fed animals. So there's a start.