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 I'm eating up this info September 18, 2009
William S. Oetting (St. Louis)
Easily more detailed and descriptive, this book covers much of what "In Defense of Food" covered and more. This book feels less like a crusade against the food industry and more like a discovery into how food gets to our table. He includes some fun stories about how he goes and actually gets involved with the farming, butchering, and hunting of food. It is truly eye-opening to get a little glimpse into what happens before the shrink wrapping. Hopefully I can pass to my children what food really is.
 Omnivore's Dilemma opening one's eyes September 12, 2009
Garrett Mcperry (San Diego)
Omnivore's Dilemma was probably one of the best and most intriguing books I have read in awhile. The author, Micheal Pollan, does an awesome job at neatly laying out the current issues with food in America and contrasting industrial food with possible alternatives in America. The beginning of the book may have went into more detail about corn then a typical reader would like to know, but it is a necessary set up for the rest of the book.
Bottom line: If you have ever wondered how a meal gets to our plates you should read this book.
Exceptional book September 4, 2009
Shelley A. Burns (Sacramento, CA USA)
The subject matter of this book is so important! Read it and then read the next book he wrote. The book is very informative but also well written. Hopefully, this book will influence humans to change the way we shop for food and what we choose to eat.
If you eat food, you need to read this book. September 4, 2009
Colin Povey (Clearwater, FL, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Michael Pollan's masterpiece should be required reading for anyone who eats food.
This is especially for those that eat a lot of processed foods, ones not found on the edge of grocery stores. Most grocery stores place 'real food'. like cheese, milk, eggs, fresh meat, vegetables, and bread on the perimeter of the store. Michael shows why you should shop the perimeter of the store, and avoid the isles, where overly processed, fat and sugar laden food-like items exist.
His description of Polyface farm in Virginia is especially well done. After reading this section, I wanted to get on a plane and fly to Staunton.
If you don't change you way of looking at food after reading this book, you didn't get it-read it again.
A marvelous book.
Laughed my way through! August 26, 2009
V. Brown (pa)
This book was great. Michael Pollan's humor came through so well. You can picture almost everything he is doing. Many times my roommates gave me weird looks as I would be cracking up in the corner over the section on mushroom picking or pig hunting. A really great book, great read. Plus a good deal of useful information, I learned a lot about the path of our food.
MUCH better than the botany or desire.
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