num_pages: 450
description: Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man first discovered fire. But, as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine our survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore' s Dilemma is changing the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
language: English
title: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
titlecomplete: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
genres: Audiobook, Environment, Politics, Science, Health, Food, Nutrition, Nonfiction, Cooking, History
ratings_count: 201830
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Gold), awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Orion Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Penguin Books