The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Book Review: This is a book every American should read
Summary: 5 Stars
I do not exaggerate. This is a significant book. In very accessible prose, it summarizes the food industry of the US and what we are exporting abroad.
I find it very informative. After reading the first 100 pages, I found myself shocked when I went to the grocery store and realized the truth behind most of the products therein.
I think it your duty to your own well being and that of your family as well as to the future well being of the country to read this book!
Book Review: Food is culture
Summary: 5 Stars
Ostensibly this book is about organic versus industrial food, but I think that is just the launching pad for the best discussion of our culture since Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael." The writing is crystal clear, personal, and full of incredible insights. It is the best kind of non-fiction writing, combining journalism based on personal experience and academic writing based on the reading of a large number of relevant books and articles. Pollan's examination of food encompasses, biology, ecology, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy. He takes a topic we take for granted, food, and turns it into a fascinating story. I give this book my highest recommendation enough because it is changing my thinking and my way of living.Book Review: a fine book
Summary: 5 Stars
Humane, well-researched, and an engrossing, entertaining read, this book's point-of-view and info belongs in the mind of everyone who cares deeply enough about food to allow knowledge about its production to change habits of consumption.
Book Review: Eye Opening - Tremendous!
Summary: 5 Stars
Michael Pollan's conversational style of writing immediately drew me into the story. I found myself nodding and commenting as though he was in the room with me on more than a few occasions. And while I'd seen, read and heard snatches of the subject matter in the past... Nothing else has brought to the fore the stunning truth of the lessening of the human capacity for compassion in the name of economics. Would it really hurt the average american to pay 50? more for a dozen eggs if it meant that they could be produced more humanely and nutritiously? If we could actually afford LESS food... Maybe there wouldn't be such a problem with obesity. Anyway... I found the book to be a real eye opener and even though I doubt that it will have much of an effect on my current habits... It will certainly cause me to think more about the things that I buy. It certainly reinforced my belief that America is following the wrong path when it comes to the consolidation and outsourcing of our basic neccessities. All in All ...A wonderful, compelling read that I would wholeheartedly recommend. I'm passing the book over to my 17 y.o. for his summer reading.Book Review: 5 stars are not enough
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd like to give it maybe 10 stars. It's the best written and most intelligent book I've read in a long time. It takes a very complicated subject and makes it simple and interesting, approaching it from many points of view and different directions.