The Omnivore's Dilemma

Zusatztext 'On our we-need-to-know-this reading list ... a patient investigation of his nation's calorie industries' Informationen zum Autor Michael Pollan is the author of two prize-winning books, SECOND NATURE and A PLACE OF MY OWN. A contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, Pollan was recently awarded the first Reuters-World Conservation Union Global Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and son. Klappentext What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer. We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, but deciding what we should eat stirs anxiety. Should we choose the organic apple or the conventional? If organic, local or imported? Wild fish or farmed? Low-carb or low-cal? As the American culture of fast food and unlimited choice invades the world, Pollan follows his next meal from land to table, tracing the origin of everything consumed and the implications for ourselves and our planet. His astonishing findings will shock all who care about what they put on their plate.The startling truth behind the food we consume in the twenty-first century Zusammenfassung The startling truth behind the food we consume in the twenty-first century

Product details

• Authors: Michael Pollan, POLLAN MICHAEL
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.01.2011
• EAN: 9781408812181
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-1218-1
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink; Cultural Studies, COOKING / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Family & health, Cultural studies: food and society, Cookery / food and drink / food writing