One of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of the Year Winner of the James Beard Award Author of How to Change Your Mind and the #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food RulesWhat should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our … with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening 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. Ten years later, The Omnivore’s Dilemma continues to transform the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
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Good! Won’t ever forget it!
So appropriate for our time. It’s a rather forgiving, but not too, way to look at eating.
Superbly written. Some of the information was disturbing to my sense of how we as a nation should be incentivizing, regulating and monitoring the producers of our food supply. Otherwise I thought it was a fascinating and informative book! It appeared to be thoroughly researched.
A book everyone should read. Know where your food is coming from and how it is produced. Keeps the reader’s attention. A real eye opener.
Should be on the reading list of everyone who eats. 😉
Enjoyed the book and the idea of eating whole foods.
The information was technically informative — but getting there was tiresome. There were too many convoluted explanations and insignificant historys of minutia that I almost quit. I’ve rated it as OK. For a food-o-phile this book might just be the holy grail. For the rest of humanity — look at the table of contents and select those things …
Good for what it covers.
Needs to take a wider view of the economics of food. Also it is completely focused on the Western/American diet. Also focused on Eurocentric foods and growing practices. Also lacks an historical perspective. Localism was the predominant production system before the early 19th C in Europe. And Europe (& elsewhere) suffered …
It changed the way I think about the future of the planet and man’s chances thereon.
Eye opening to the nature of food and it’s relationship to us, and our processing our food to the point of its becoming our downfall.
Michael Pollan makes such a good case about the folly of our current food system. At the same time he also does a good job of reminding us that it is still possible to eat healthy food, and food that tastes good, and food that doesn’t harm the environment. In the end it isn’t really a dilemma at all, at least for this omnivore.
Makes you think deeply about where your food comes from, resources used to bring your food to your plate, culture of food, and stewardship.
A great read by a great writer.
Well researched. Well written. Great information to chew on,
This book will change how you think about food.
So interesting and informative, it encouraged me to be more mindful of what I eat and what I purchase.
Thought provoking.
What can I say…
If you’ve never thought about where the dinner on your plate came from, you will after reading this book. Written in a journalistic style, you are taken on an adventure through the start of the “Western Diet,” and challenged with your dinner choices that will forever change your decision making process on what you eat.
He is wonderful and so are his books