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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

✍️ Pollan, Michael
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🏛 Penguin Press 📅 2006 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781594200823

📝 Description: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Pollan writes about the ecology of the food humans eat and why--what it is, in fact, that we are eating. Discussing industrial farming, organic food, and what it is like to hunt and gather food, this is a surprisingly honest and self-aware account of the evolution of the modern diet.

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It is not suitable for readers seeking quick recipes or step-by-step cooking instructions. Those preferring uncomplicated, prescriptive dietary advice may find the ecological critique too abstract. However, for those willing to engage with the philosophical underpinnings of what we eat, it remains a compelling entry point into the discourse on sustainable eating and food origins.
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It is not suitable for readers seeking quick recipes or step-by-step cooking instructions. Those preferring uncomplicated, prescriptive dietary advice may find the ecological critique too abstract. However, for those willing to engage with the philosophical underpinnings of what we eat, it remains a compelling entry point into the discourse on sustainable eating and food origins.

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