The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World (reissued) - Softcover

Pollan, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408812185 ISBN 13: 9781408812181

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

'Beautifully written and shocking investigation of what slips into the swelling American stomach ... entertaining and eloquent' (Daily Telegraph)

'This is one of the most thought-provoking books I've read in a while ... After you read this book there will be things you don't want to eat, ever again ... An honest, brilliant, troubling book. I recommend it to anyone' (Evening Standard)

'Convivial, creative and deeply disturbing, though he does offer hope ... it has certainly changed the way I think about food' (Audrey Niffenegger, Guardian)

'On our we-need-to-know-this reading list ... a patient investigation of his nation's calorie industries' (Mail on Sunday)

From the Publisher:

By the acclaimed author of The Botany of Desire. For fans of
Fast Food Nation and Shopped. The Omnivore's Dilemma has been shortlisted
for the Andre Simon Memorial award 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1408812185
• ISBN 13: 9781408812181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464