I just bought The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, which I'm sure many of you have already heard about.
Wikipedia summarizes the book:
Pollan explores the question What should we have for dinner? To answer this question, he follows four meals from three different food chains from their origins to the plate. Along the journey Pollan examines the ethical, political, and ecological factors that are intertwined in the industrial, organic, and personal (hunted-gathered) food chains, while describing the environmental and health consequences that result from our food choices within these chains. The book describes the shades of meaning related to the term organic.
sounds exciting!
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lovin' the color scheme/layout
I really enjoyed this book—strangely enough the Chancellor's wife lent it to me to read. Even though I heard some whining that it was too narrow and missed a lot of other issues that are related to American food consumption, it's eye-opening, and leads to a lot of great discussion (and thought) about how what we eat and where it comes from.
I especially like Pollan's style (not just in this but in his other work as well)...he's engaging, and interesting, even about things that would otherwise be boring (like corn). The last section, about hunter/gatherer is amazing. It almost makes me want to go hunt things.
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