The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four Meals [Paperback]

One of theNew York Times Book Review'sTen Best Books of the Year

Winner of the James Beard Award

Author ofHow to Change Your Mindand the #1New York TimesBestsellersIn Defense of Food andFood Rules

What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our food choices, demonstrated that how we answer it today may determine not only our health but our survival as a species. In the years since, Pollan’s revolutionary examination has changed the way Americans think about food. Bringing wide attention to the little-known but vitally important dimensions of food and agriculture in America, Pollan launched a national conversation about what we eat and the profound consequences that even the simplest everyday food choices have on both ourselves and the natural world. Ten years later, The Omnivore’s Dilemma continues to transform the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.The Omnivore's DilemmaIntroduction:Our National Eating Disorder

I. Industrial: Corn

One.The Plant: Corn's Conquest
Two.The Farm
Three.The Elevator
Four.The Feedlot: Making Meat
Five.The Processing Plant: Making Complex Foods
Six.The Consumer: A Republic of Fat
Seven.The Meal: Fast Food

II. Pastoral: Grass

Eight.All Flesh Is Grass
Nine.Big Organic
Ten.Grass: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Pasture
Eleven.The Animals: Practicing Complexity
Twelve.Slaughter: In a Glass Abattoir
Thirteen.The Market: Greetings from the Non-Barcode People
Fourteen.The Meal: Grass Fed

III. Personal: The Forest

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