The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan, 2006
Penguin Group USA
464 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780143038580
In Brief
A New York Times bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner?
Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us — whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed — he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet. (From the publisher.)