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

by Michael Pollan

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2006

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Berkeley, California, USA

Iowa, USA

Swoope, Virginia, USA (Polyface Farm)

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James Beard Foundation Award (Writing on Food, 2007)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year (Non-Fiction, 2006)

New York Times Best Books of the Year (2006)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (General Nonfiction, 2006)

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What should we have for dinner?

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 014305841X, Audio CD)

The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century.

Unabridged CDs -11 CDs, 13 hours

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:50:52 -0400)

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