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by Michael Pollan (Author)
"Outstanding . . . a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits." --The New Yorker
One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year and Winner of the James Beard Award The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A World Appears, This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, In Defense of Food and Food Rules What should we have for dinner? Twenty years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and--with The Omnivore's Dilemma, his groundbreaking 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. Twenty years later, The Omnivore's Dilemma continues to transform.Author Biography
Michael Pollan is the author of seven previous books, including Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. He's also the author of the audiobook Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World. A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, he also teaches writing at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, TIME magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.
Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: September 01, 2007
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat
Interest Level: Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 11
