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... markets and our local organic grocery, I've managed to avoid chain grocery stores since July.
I'm currently reading Omnivore's Dilemma . Very educational.
... is another great one :)
I found my CSA this year through localharvest.org -
Clam - I'm just about finished with The Omnivore's Dilemma
Thanks, OldSarge. After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma I've been trying really hard to buy local, even at the chain stores. They just passed a law saying produce has to be labeled with its place of origin, so I've been buying as local and organic as possible.
I think this thread is a perfect ...
Heartily recommend Pollan's Omnivore's dilemma For what is wrong witht he meat industry and some possible solutions. There is no one size fits all solution, but he at least made some attempt at looking at options. Besides it's an interesting and well written book.
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bonnie, Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma is beautifully written, literary even. He traces the origins of four meals: a fast-food meal; a typical meal (meaning meat from today's farm, which has converted to "industrial" methods of production); a meal from a "pastoral" farm (what used to be the ...
... Animals, which was ok (3 1/2 stars) ... not nearly as good an exploration of the industrial food supply as Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma or Grescoe's Bottomfeeder, and with very little of the cleverness I'd expected after loving his novels. Review forthcoming.
Also read the ...
... reform. Just this morning finished In Defense of Food, the logical and almost obligatory follow-up to Pollan's earlier The Omnivore's Dilemma .
... if you like the Bone People I might give it a go. Sounds like a keen book group...
I loved A View from Castle Rock, the OMnivore's Dilemma , Travels with charley and Wolf Hall. You have some great reading for next year!!
I've recently (in the past year or so) started to add these nutrition/food books to my reading lists. I have yet to pick up The Omnivore's Dilemma , looks like I'll have to put that one back up towards the top... I have read The Compassionate Carnivore and Fast Food Nation. I've seen the movie ...
... of lobsters, and The big oyster - to get a closer look at three examples of "Surf"
Starting in with "Turf"
Weeks 7-8:Omnivore's Dilemma - Looking at different types of food available: fast food, high volume organic, local organic, and self-reliant hunting/gathering
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... - books that have been on my shelves more than two years
A. Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
B. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
C. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (unless I read it in 2009)
D. Atonement by Ian McEwan
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OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
#66 Feicht, Is that really true?
I'm not sure whether or not you've read Pollan, but it's worth noting that in Omnivore's Dilemma he explores a moral argument for eating meat. His essential point is that if we didn't eat meat, the cows, pigs and chickens we cultivate simply wouldn't ...
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#45: stellarexplorer - I could make an argument that everyone who lives and buys food in the United States should read Omnivores Dilemma - not from the historical perspective, but from a what-are-you-eating perspective. It's a really insightful and much-needed book.
... was so hard to do.
#45 - I read In Defense of Food first, maybe a year or two ago and it had a similar effect, but Dilemma went into so much more detail. I have really tried to change the way I food shop. Along that line I really want to read that Barbara Kingsolver book about she ...
I have to throw out another pair very influential books which are more like 'food history' here: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser - both of which left me stunned.
(Author touchstones are busted.)
Indeed. So many good things here. My wishlist grew quite a bit - Omnivore's Dilemma , Terra Incognita, Women of Algiers in Their Apartment, and April and Oliver. I think I will try to read Dracula before Halloween. Kavalier and Clay is one of my favorites - I was kind of sad for it ...
I found it The Omnivore's Dilemma to be very absorbing and readable. Hope you enjoy Fingersmith too. It's rollicking good fun!
I started The Omnivore's Dilemma on Tuesday evening, but haven't gotten very far yet due to lack of time. I've heard some mixed things about its readability, but I find the topic fascinating.
... reading your list saying "Oh! Oh! I read that!' and 'Oh! I read THAT, too!' to myself. Hee hee You are going to love that Omnivore's Dilemma , I think. Especially being in the field that you are. I Just bought another one of Michael Pollan's called Second Nature: A Gardener's Education ...
... of Life (available here as a double volume) -- Robert Asprin again
The Source of Magic by Piers Anthony
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
and Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
In every case either the book is a Green Dragon recommendation or I was introduced ...
... fluff but I loved it)
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... thread yet. It's been a crazy Summer for me, but I did manage to finish off two books so far this month. The first one was The Omnivore's Dilemma which I just adored, and the second one was French Women Don't Get Fat which was interesting, but didn't hold much new information for me. I am ...
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... by Michael Pollan.
I had a food category in the first 999, and had originally intended to read Pollan's 1st book The Omnivore's Dilemma (still on my TBR shelf , but I also needed an audio book to listen to this week and grabbed at this one. I'm glad I did.
I love to eat, and ...
The Omnivore's Dilemma is at the top of my TBR right now - looking forward to it after your review. I loved Animal Vegetable Miracle and I also liked Pollan's other book In Defense of Food.
I'm aware that I probably read (will read) Pollan's two books in the wrong order! Oops...
... it would be Sing Them Home with Sweeping Up Glass a close second.
And for NonFic I think I'd have to go with either The Omnivore's Dilemma or Your Inner Fish.
The best Fantasy so far has been A Song for Arbonne with Coraline as second.
... - Spell of the Sensuous, David Abrams
200 – Religion - Holy War, Karen Armstrong
300 – Social Sciences - The Omnivore's Dilemma , Michael Pollan
400 – Languages - The Story of English, Robert McCrum
500 – Science and Mathematics - A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
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Methland sounds very interesting. I loved both Omnivore's Dilemma and And the Band Played On, and have heard some interesting bits about meth in small towns (we have the same problem in Canada too, as well as an abundance of grow-ops). On the list it goes! Thanks.
... startling and disturbing -- that reminded me of a looser, lighter version of Michael Pollan’s rise of industrial farming (The Omnivore's Dilemma ) and Randy Shilts’s epidemiology of AIDS (And the Band Played On).
... Melancholy on Planet TBR somewhere. I look forward to seeing your thoughts on it, TT.
#242: No, I have not read The Omnivore's Dilemma yet, although I hope to get to it in the near future. Thanks for passing on the article, Rebecca. I will take a look.
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Stasia, Have you read Pollan's earlier work, The Omnivore s Dilemma? I found it fascinating and chilling, especially the first section which is about corn and cattle (I've had a hard time even thinking about eating beef since).
Also, interesting to hear about The Holocaust by Bullets ...
This week's schedule:
1. Shadow of the Hegemon (done by tuesday)
2. The Omnivore's Dilemma (done by friday)
3. Shadow Puppets (done by sunday)
... City by Erik Larson. Two of my favorite books ever, fiction or non-fiction.
Fast Food nation by Eric Schlosser
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
The Indifferent Stars Above By Daniel James Brown
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8. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card - 7/17
9. Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card - 7/20
10. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - 7/25
11. Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card - 7/29
9 + 11 = 20 Books for the Challenge.
44 the Omnivore's Dilemma
This is one of those books that should be on everyone's reading list. I can, however, all but guarantee that you'll never look at what you eat the same way again.
... how it might not be everyone's cup of tea though.
I've been reading a variety of things, although my main focus has been Omnivore's Dilemma . This is probably one of the best and most thought provoking food books I've ever read. Pollan does an excellent job of making you think about where the ...
#27, SqueakyChu, The Omnivore's Dilemma is on my wishlist/TBR pile!
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Enjoy the book. You may also like to read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan afterward -if you've not already read it.
... out of this book.
Perhaps I wasn't so into it because it's similar to other things that I've read in the last few years (The Omnivore's Dilemma , for one) that deal with the impact of our purchasing decisions. This book explores how much we can find out (and how much more we are blocked from ...
... to the local farmer's market w/my mom. This has been an especially interesting experience ever since I started reading Omnivore's Dilemma and found out how incredibly messed up and idiotic the traditional food industry can be. I also plan to continue watching the vlogbrothers' Brotherhood 2. ...
... food books, join a CSA, grow a vegetable garden, and so forth. Of all the books about food that I've recently read, I like The Omnivore's Dilemma the most. I think Pollan has a pretty rational ideas when it comes to food. He's not way out on a limb either.
I'm also sick and tired of food ...
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is seriously making me question what I eat, and the food industry in general. I'm reading about "organic" industry at the moment for example, and am amazed and frankly a bit put-off by how meaningless the term really is when it comes to anything bought ...
... is my current read. It tells more about the animal food industry than you want to know. And, yes, I've already read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.
... of which were mentioned above are:
Diet for new America - John Robbins
Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
Jewish Cooking in America - Joan Nathan (my CSA operates out of a synagogue)
Miriam's Kitchen - Elizabeth Ehrlich
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... books on the honor system to members of my CSA so that they can learn more about food issues. I've included such books as The Omnivore's Dilemma , Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Diet for a New America, etc.
What special book projects have you created or are you working on? Please share ...
... so it's not strictly an adaptation of just Julie and Julia).
Then there is Michael Pollan. I strongly recommend The Omnivore's Dilemma , about where our food comes from. I also liked In Defense of Food, which is good, but not as good as Omnivore.
I have Barbara Kingsolver's Anima ...
... each with varying attitudes to food, where it comes from and what they are prepared to eat. The approach reminded me of The Omnivore's Dilemma , and it was interesting to see how people discussed (and justified) their food choices. The authors then used this as a jumping off point for ...
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I am sitting on several bookrings at present:
- Man in the dark by Paul Auster
- Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
- The omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollen
I am also trying to slog my way through Margaret Olley by Meg Stewart for an online reading group!
But, Radio National have ...
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Thankfully she is a loving and understanding fiance, and returned with The 10,000 Year Explosion, American Lion, and The Omnivore's Dilemma .
"Only" five now.
I have finished (since #3/May 11): On food and cooking, The omnivore's dilemma , Art of learning, Oranges are not the only fruit.
I am still reading:Time, Space, Knowledge and Tibetan Meditation.
I have started The book thief and Musicophilia (both slightly ...
... instead of a year ago! (I guess that's a sign of being fiftysomething.)
Top 5:
Ex Libris
The Book Thief
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Everything is Illuminated
The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review
... a bit. I'll limit my response to within the last four years, as that is what is freshest in my mind.
Team of Rivals
Omnivore's Dilemma
1491
Washington's Crossing
Under the Banner of Heaven
Guns, Germs, and Steel
John Adams
Beak of the Finch
Hi Angela- Thanks for your review of In Defense of Food. It sounds like one I'd like. I've read The Omnivore's Dilemma and Animal Vegetable Miracle, and liked both of them.
Another "how to eat well" book that I liked is Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. It is ...
... cut you off in traffic reading Crash. When was the last time the guy in front of you in the 10 items or less was reading The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals . When was the last time time you where sitting at the blackjack table and the guy next to you missed the count, ...
... your body. You certainly would not be hungry.
I enjoyed his writing style and would probably read his first book, The Omnivore's Dilemma if I get a chance. It's wishlisted over 600 times, though, so it might take a while to get it...
Gotta get to Heat! Seems like parts of it will be a little like parts of The Omnivore's Dilemma ?
>156 I also was left with a general queasiness about what happens in even a good restaurant (e.g., I didn't realize how much professional chefs use their mouths/fingers/hands where I would use ...
... and on the same theme: Tibetan Meditation.
Couldn't resist even though I am alreadyu reading too much at the same time: The omnivore's dilemma , Art of learning, Art of the inner meal, Oranges are not the only fruit (quite short so I might be able to finish it soon).
And there are at ...
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A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver W. Sacks
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
... I better stop there.
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17. The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2, Diterlizzi ****
16. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini ****1/2
15. The Omnivore's Dilemma ***1/2
14. Lamb, Christopher Moore *****
13. The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1, Diterlizzi ***1/2
12. Tinkers, Paul Harding *****
11. Outli ...
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27) Short story?
I love love love Joyce's "The Dead".
28) Work of nonfiction?
The Omnivore's Dilemma is extremely well researched and thoughtful.
29) Who is your favorite writer?
McCarthy, DFW, Helprin, Berryman...I have no idea how to answer ...
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Book 3 in the Soldier Son trilogy.
Fantasy with disease, crime, magic shackles, evil alter egos,
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Non-fiction history and science on the food we eat. Saw this on LT with lots of positive comments, so I thought I would give it a ...
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1. Possessed by Shadows* by Donigan Merritt *****
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz *****
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan ****1/2
4. Peace by Richard Bausch ****1/2
5. De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage ****1/2
Others I ...
Agree that Omnivore's Dilemma is a fascinating read.
Coincidently I was just attending a breif seminar from Prof Terry Brown in my building where he was explaining some of his work in trying to trace the ancestry of wheat (that we call corn over here). It's quite complicated! And I suspect ...
... the "gold standard" for the type of books that combines science with stories about the author's personal life has become The Omnivore's Dilemma , and so far Early Spring doesn't come close. I'm only a few chapters in, but one thing I've noticed is that "Her Children" from the title certainly ...
... to start a list of suggested readings.
List Possibilities So Far (yay or nay??)
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La Diva Nicotina
Guns, Germs and Steel
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History
Before the Dawn
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... So your right I need to clear the shelves and get back to it.
And @Stellar! How funny. My husband is actually reading The Omnivore's Dilemma now. And the dirty sneak! He never said it was about corn. Probably thought I would snatch it and not give it back.
Michael Pollan devotes almost half his book The Omnivore's Dilemma on corn, including its long history and special characteristics. He especially stresses its role in creating all sorts of problems in our agricultural system, due to farming monoculture, the feeding of cows who are not able to ...
I don't know if you're only doing fiction, but, if not, a great nonfiction choice would be The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. It has much food for thought (pun intended!). :)
I also liked Animal, Vegetable, Mineral but got tired of reading it before the end. My friend's reading ...
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If you're interested in corn, fleela, you might want to look at Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma . He gives a great history of corn, including success from the corn gene's point of view, and it's use and abuse by civilization and agribusiness. Definitely gives one pause.
Absolutely, the two go well together. I'm reading Omnivore's Dilemma now and have read the Ishmael, Story of B, and My Ishmael. Has anyone read In Defense of Food yet? I am considering reading some of the works by Joe Salatin of Polyface Farms (which is featured in OD).
7. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Wow - this book took me quite some time to get through, but not, as one might assume, because it was a difficult or uninteresting read - but quite the opposite! I don't think I've ever found any non-fiction work to be such a page turner, and I was ...
... remember the name, but it was about a guy who ate McDonalds for 30 days straight, every meal. Also, I just recently read The Omnivore's Dilemma , which is changing my habits in others ways.
No ones asking, but if I had to name a most influential book ...probably A River Runs Through It... ...
... fast food restaurant. I also started supporting local producers when I could despite the large increase in cost. The book The Omnivore's Dilemma only helped to reinforce my new habits. To quote the last paragraph of Fast Food Nation which really packed the knockout punch...
"Sometimes ...
I second the recommendations for Nine Parts of Desire, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and The Omnivore's Dilemma . Great books! I would also recommend The Best of Roald Dahl for your collections of short stories, I am in the middle of it now and loving it.
Also, a few biographies of 20th ...
... get our exchange student settled in, and trying desperately to find work. So - for the 2nd week or so, I'm still reading The Omnivore's Dilemma which I'm finding absolutely fantastic, and frighteningly thought provoking! I'm not pleased about my new-found desire to question the origin and ...
... Anthropogeography : Alan Weisman - The World Without Us
GT Manners and Customs (General) : Michael Pollan - The Omnivore's Dilemma
HC Economics History and Conditions : Paul Collier - The Bottom Billion
HD Industries, Land Use, Labour : Nicholas Shaxson - Pois ...
... that Pollan's next book was a Polemic. I'm not sure how comfortable I would be with that. Part of what I liked about The Omnivores Dilemma was that he doesn’t really have advice, only observations and ideas.
... therein is really so self-evident."
I remember thinking the same thing as I read In Defense of Food. Compared to The Omnivore's Dilemma , it was very simple, very obvious, very common sense. However, I do think that Pollan found himself at a unique crossroads where his book - even ...
... big fan of Pollan ... actually first discovered him through Second Nature and then went on to read Botany of Desire and Omnivore's Dilemma . I haven't been drawn to In Defense of Food, it seems like a rehash of earlier themes. Have you read it?
The cover of Summer World is really ...
... back to see what you've selected to get some more ideas for myself.
Other past reads I found very worthwhile include The Omnivore's Dilemma and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (both pleas for local sourcing of food) and Coming Home to Eat (more eating locally but also focused on ...
... having Summer World out on my desk, waiting to be read. Its cover and inside drawings are delightful. I see you loved The Omnivore's Dilemma (as did I), have you read his The Botany of Desire? -- it's also one I leave out, just to see the cover.
I read The Jungle back in high school and recently snagged a copy as to re-read as a follow up to The Omnivore's Dilemma .
koolaidmom--How did your stint in meat-packing affect your eating habits?
Such an interesting variety of books on the thread this week.
Last week I finished The Omnivore's Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. I posted some comments here (see message #54). Now I'm reading Returning ...
Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
... who read earlier tended to have parents who did a lot of talking and explaining over dinner.
Anyway, I finished Omnivore's Dilemma last night, I'll post some comments when I sort my thoughts out. (I highly recommend it, particularly to Americans). I've got Jim Harrison's Returning ...
Hey, wait for me. The only one I've read is Omnivore's Dilemma . It was excellent and potentially life-changing, so make sure you read it. (Typed while watching the movie Howard's End)
... the tally looks:
The Remains of the Day - 14 nudges
Tess of the D'Ubervilles - 9 nudges
Howard's End - 4 nudges
Omnivore's Dilemma - 3 nudges
Hard-boiled Wonderland - 2 nudges
Jamaica Inn - 2 nudges
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - 2 nudges
As Meat Loves Salt - 2 ...
Still working my way through The Omnivores Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals - Michael Pollan's thoughtful investigation into industrial food, organics and other food related things.
I also briefly picked up Returning to Earth* by Jim Harrison - so far about a man with Lou Gehrig's ...
... pick because they were all fantastic in different ways: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Remains of the Day and Omnivore's Dilemma .
OK, if I really had to pick... Remains of the Day.
Great pile of books!
Great choices! I'm going to nudge Howard's End and The Omnivore's Dilemma , but all the ones I've read are great, and the rest look good to me, so I doubt you'd go wrong with any of them.
Wow! What an amazing pile! The only ones I haven't read are Julie and Julia, The Omnivore's Dilemma and As Meat Loves Salt so can't comment on those (aren't 2 of them cookery books? I know some people read cookery books as if they were novels but I don't really get that). Anyhow - out of ...
... similar to my TBR pile. Which unfortunately means I haven't read any of them. But I would order my top 3 this way: The Omnivores Dilemma , Tess of the D'Ubervilles, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
... Murakami
Howards End by E.M. Forster
Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
... so often. Today we got a nice lot of four books - two each. My two probably won't appeal to many, but they excited me:
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
and
A Biologist's Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
So - what about the rest of you? I ...
To go back to #382 and its reference to modern farming, Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma is chilling on factory farming, especially the long first part which is guaranteed to make you think twice about eating beef ever again. The later parts explore some more ecological, smaller-scale ...
What is Harvest of Hope? I see no other information on it although I did recently read The Omnivore's Dilemma . Are they similar? I'm interested in "food" books because I am a core group member of a CSA (community supported agriculture) in my community.
About the Eckhart Tolle book, I ...
Finished A Stranger in the Land of Egypt, an Early Reviewer book that just didn't work for me.
Now I'm reading The Omnivores Dilemma , which, if nothing else, is wonderful nonfiction writing. I'm also beginnig to picture myself as walking industrial corn.
I enjoyed In Defense of Food, but not quite as much as The Omnivore's Dilemma
I'm reading Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma . It's been reviewed extensively elsewhere on LT, so I will just say I may never eat corn or beef again, but that sneaky corn gets into everything!
... author) and The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton may find their way onto my list as well. I found many aspects of The Omnivore's Dilemma eye-opening and will be interested to see if you think there is enough new material in In Defense of Food to merit reading it as well.
We have ...
... Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
3. Endless Feasts by Gourmet Magazine Editors
4. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
... ood
3. Life Lines: Holding on and letting go by Forrest Church
4. Homegrown Democrat by Garrison Keillor
5. Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
...
1. Environment (that's what I teach...)
1. Inconvenient Truth (gotta read it because I'm going to teach from it)
2. Omnivore's Dilemma (considering using this too)
3. Harvest of Hope (considering instead of omnivore's dilemma)
4. Water by Alice Outwater (using for class)
5. An Incon ...
... I have The Man Who Was Thursday on my wishlist - I just added it after all your recommendations.
CMT, I have had The Omnivore's Dilemma on my wishlist for quite some time - hopefully I will soon get to read it! I will have to check out Dancing in the Streets. I had not heard about ...
... Miracle to my library pile on my next visit. because I've read lots of positive comments on LT about it. Have you read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan? I loved that book! It helps that we have a decent vege garden...the zucchini are growing faster than we can eat them at the ...
... by Ben Boos
5. Sway: the irresistible pull of irrational behavior by Ori Brafman
6. The omnivore's dilemma by Michael PollanUnder the Tuscan sun by Frances Mayes
8. Columbine by Dave Cullen
9.
Omnivores Dilemma which I really liked. The author isn't perfect in his understanding of evolutionary theory, but the information about the food industry is great.
My top 3 non-fiction works
Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage by Noah Andre Trudeau
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Frank Frisch: the Fordham Flash by Frankie Frisch
Hmm. Maybe we could have an underachievers 20 book challenge?! :D
I just finished Omnivores Dilemma which was great. Now I'm thinking about You: An Owners Manual
My list beyond that is
Kindred
Getting Started Knitting Socks
My Name is Red
The Screwtape Letters
The Divine Co ...
... A. Wood
Life Lines: Holding On and Letting Go by Forrest Church
Homegrown Democrat by Garrison Keillor
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Books I Didn't Finish in 2008 (but intend to one day):
Atonement by Ian McEwan
You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher ...
... dman
Hot, Flat and Crowded - too important to pick just once
Outliers - Gladwell
The Voyage of the Beagle - Darwin
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Pollan
... Networking by David Nour
November Reads
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (in progress)
Anna Karenina
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (in progress)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (in progress)
Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Tab ...
... will do without is COOKIES...I'm finished with them for another year.
Is now when we're all supposed to start reading The Omnivore's Dilemma ?
Religious Literacy
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Last Lecture
Outliers
Hot, Flat and Crowded
And for fiction,
The Plague
A Confederacy of Dunces
Vanity Fair
The Master and Margarita
War and Peace
From sconehead's library, I chose The Omnivore's Dilemma . I have been meaning to read it for a while now.
Welcome sorell. I haven't read either of those.
I am almost done with The Omnivore's Dilemma , and really enjoying it. Next I think I'm going for either My Name is Red or Kindred.
... Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
Non-fiction:
Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage by Noah Andre Trudeau
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Frank Frisch: The Fordham Flash by Frankie Frisch
... to be read immediately will appear under the tree.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khyyam - poetry #8
Amazing Grace -#10 theology
Omnivore's Dilemma - #11 food
Yes I know...I'm still hanging on to 11 categories - just can't let go of any of them. So if I get 81 books read i'll just have to rename ...
Just added the Coffee Trader by David Liss to my To Be Discovered category #9. This is the January read for the Highly Rated Book Group. It can also be an overlap for Food Category. I'm a great coffee drinker, and can hardly wait.
Sandydog1 - I have a black cat.... uh oh!
I will now choose the Omnivore's Dilemma - something Dad has mentioned to me.
... of Food by Michael Pollan
I found this far less enjoyable than Pollan's previous two books, Botany of Desire and Omnivore's Dilemma . Yes, it was informative, but a lot of it was old news, especially if you've read Omnivore's Dilemma . Yeah, yeah, fresh fruits and vegetables are ...
... of 8% of my total.
Fiction
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Non-fiction
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro
... to clear out some of our dupes. However, I came home with The Angler, Madame Bovary, From Hardtack to Home Fries, The Omnivore's Dilemma , one I really wanted for my 999 challenge, What Einstein told his cook, The Perfectionist, Sense and Sensibility, Me Talk Pretty one day and ...
I loved Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma so I just started his book called In Defense of Food. I agree with his thoughts so much. It's just that he expresses them better than I do! :)
... a child's point of view and expresses each child's feelings rather eloquently.
7. Books about Food and Beverage
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan - Here's an excellent overview of what is happening in the modern American food industry and how little the public knows of it.
...
... -- narrated by Death from WWII Nazi Germany, it’s clever, playful, heartwarming and heartbreaking
Nonfiction : The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan -- an exploration of today’s food industry; it’s gentle and curious, not sensationalistic
Anthologies : The Best of ...
... It's a lot easier than I thought it would be (it's piquant), and working faster than I ever expected.
I'm listening to Omnivore's Dilemma , reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, and have Dead Until Dark in the queue.
I'm a tv-watching knitter, and I've been toying with the idea of ...
... of my favorites
1. What Einstein Told His Cook Ribert Wolke
2. From Hardtack to French Fries Barbara Haber
3. Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan
4. Garlic and sapphires Ruth Reichl
Nickelini in Canadian Bookworms : Oct /08: What are we reading? (Oct 28, 2008, 11:56pm)
Ccaro-- since you liked The 100 Mile Diet, I recommend The Omnivore's Dilemma and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle too. Omnivore's Dilemma inspired me to try to eat locally, and so I was very excited about The 100 Mile Diet, since I live in Vancouver and thought I'd get some local tips. While I ...
... to forget everything outside the scope of its present focus, including physical discomfort and the passing of time."
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
"How was I ever going to get past this?"
... lists that will NOT change)
2. The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
3. I, Rigoberta Menchu by Rigoberta Menchu
4. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
5. The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French and English)
6. The Grapes of Wrath by John ...
... the omnivore is that when it comes to figuring out which of those things are safe to eat, he's pretty much on his own."
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
"Where in the world has everybody gone?"
Two 4-star reads:
Bottomfeeder by Taras Grescoe, a seafood companion to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma ; review here ; and
The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan (author of Marley & Me, which I ...
... about dining with the Salatins had, at least for me, the flavor of a long-ago time and faraway place in America."
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
"How much do you really see when you look at a patch of grass?"
... Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris 09-25-2008
49. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris 09-29-2008
50. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan 09/29/2008
Stephanie Plowman's The Leaping Song
Memoirs of Hadrian by Yourcenar
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Pollan
I finished up The Omnivore's Dilemma and, like SqueakyChu, I was impressed by the analysis of big industrial organic foods. The book has inspired me to sign up for a csa (community supported agriculture) to get locally grown organic food all next summer.
I'm now working my way through The Han ...
Just a sidebar to SqueakyChu and others who enjoyed The Omnivore's Dilemma .
Have you noticed the tv ads promoting high fructose corn syrup? "Made from corn, same nutritional value as sugar, fine in moderation...."
Harrrumph!!!
... books. Perhaps by starting with some of those about Nathan Zuckerman's younger days. :)
I'm now totally entranced by The Omnivore's Dilemma , Michael Pollan's book, which gives a surprising report about the industrial organic food (an intentional oxymoron) industry. I never realized ...
... produce operation tucked into a twenty-four-thousand acre conventional farm in the Central Valley outside Fresno..."
The Omnivore's Dilemma -Michael Pollan
"Is there anything wrong with this picture?"
... now my piles of unread books cover the remaining carpet patches. My new acquisitions:
Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The True Story of Hans ...
148 - SqueakyChu - Loved The Omnivore's Dilemma . My family is trying to eat more locally because of it. I figure every little bit helps so we do our best.
I finished The Poisonwood Bible. I did like it and care about the characters until it turned into a lecture for the last 150 pages or so. ...
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I, too, am reading The Omnivore's Dilemma and am frankly horrified by much of what I've read so far. :(
"Billy's in debt up to his eyeballs."
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
"What should we have for dinner?"
>108: vastard, Perhaps if you enjoyed The Omnivore's Dilemma you would also enjoy Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver.
>108 vastard, I had the exact same reaction after reading The Omnivore's Dilemma . Not only eye-opening, but very well written, as well.
I'm just finishing up The Omnivore's Dilemma , which is turning out to be an eye-opening book. It's inspiring me to completely rethink my eating and buying habits.
... and send out the email reminders/updates etc. I try to select a place that ties to the book. For our discussion of The Omnivore's Dilemma we went to a vegan restaurant. I ask for restaurant suggestions and encourage others to take more ownership, but right now the organizational ...
... Stories, ed. by Richard Dalby (horray!)
Empress by Karen Miller (since I've heard good things about her on LT)
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
... reading the well-written Bottomfeeder by Taras Grescoe, which explores seafood sourcing and overfishing, reminiscent of The Omnivore's Dilemma 's exploration of industrial land-based farming.
I'm also reading an arc of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron ...
... by Michael Pollan. My review is here .
A good book - not as "meaty" as Omnivore's Dilemma , but offering some new insight into how the West views food along with some practical advice for healthy eating.
I'm just finishing up In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, a much shorter read than Omnivore's Dilemma . I started my July ER book, Sweetsmoke by David Fuller last night.
... Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris
Enduring Grace, by Carol Flinders
Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Omnivore's Dilemma , by Michael Pollan
Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
... Pollan's 200 page manifesto centered on "eat food, eat less, mostly plants." The "practical" followup book to the terrific The Omnivore's Dilemma . The Political Mind by Lakoff. The good prince fabletown #10 (i am a big fan of the whole series); Alan Moore's Promethea v. 1. I liked this. ...
... read it after our June meeting.) I keep this group on track with email reminders and by making restaurant arrangements. The Omnivore's Dilemma was the perfect book to discuss at a vegan restaurant! The Bronx is Burning took us to a restaurant on Arthur Avenue, the Little Italy of the Bronx ...
>8 I loved The Omnivore's Dilemma and am also making changes ... the first is a real attention to not wasting food. I'm following up right now with Pollan's In Defense of Food, also good but not as deep nor gentle. And I just bought his The Botany of Desire, about how plants "use" insects and ...
... two and their little problem.
11. Golden Spur by Dawn Powell
Fun in Greenwich Village from the early 60s
12. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michale Pollan
First three sections fascinating. Fourth pretentious.
13. The Great Influenza : the Epic St ...
... the number of aisles that I actually shop in dwindling. Has anyone else?
What do you guys think about his arguments in Omnivore's Dilemma about 'industrial' organic? Do you think it's any better for either the environment (either local to the farm locale, or in general and including issues ...
... cranky in In Defense of Food. I generally don't do well with audiobooks, much prefer to read, but I so enjoyed Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma that I wanted to quickly fit in his follow-up.
But Brick sounds pedantic and snarly, definitely a contrast to Pollan's gentle and curious ...
... mode of thinking. I have heard some say that they thought the author seemed a bit "cranky" in this book as opposed to The Omnivore's Dilemma (which I haven't read yet) but I haven't encountered that yet. Of course, when it comes to the subject of the junk that is available in the ...
... and aftermath of a sex scandal at a private Vermont high school. Perhaps my favorite novel by the author to date.
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is part agriculture primer, part history lesson, part memoir. It should be required reading about how today’s food is grown and ...
74: nancyewhite -- agree about The Omnivore's Dilemma , loved it. But now I'm listening to the audiobook of Pollan's follow-up, In Defense of Food ... and he (or else the audio reader) seems very cranky :(
Just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (charming epistolary ...
I finished up The Omnivore's Dilemma which I loved much more than I expected to. Michael Pollan is funny and fresh rather than pendantic or political.
Now I am both enjoying and struggling with The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon. I've already set it aside once when it ...
14. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
15. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
16. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
17. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (loved the book, but not impressed with the movie)
Books I've read this year that aren't in the challenge (yet):
1. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
2. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
3. The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
4. Never Enough by Joe McGinniss
5. The Sex Club by L.J. Sellers ...
... read (rather than just look for tidbits of interesting information) are those that are more entertaining like a recent read The Omnivore's Dilemma . While he packs in a lot of science and research it's written more like it's a story of how he did his research than the straight results/facts. It ...
... reverse order of preference:
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Oh my, doesn't this speak volumes: I had only one great read in the month, The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. But I did also have some fun, flip-through diversions in TV Sets by Mark Bennett and Sitcom Style by Diana Friedman.
>7 teelgee, glad to see your thumbs up for Half of a Yel ...
... semi-slump, but in the middle, wow!
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Testimony by Anita Shreve
Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox
... by Edith Wharton
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Non-Fiction:
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Homegrown Democrat by Garrison Keillor
If Grace is True by Phillip Gulley
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The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
I loved this book. Everyone has talked about the life-changing content, but few people have mentioned the way Pollan takes a ...
... downstairs and travels with me to the deck, the bathroom, the doctor's office, etc. Almost finished with Michael Pollan The Omnivore's Dilemma .
Finished two more:
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals . Fascinating, thought-provoking look at our food production systems and the choices we face as food consumers. May or may not nudge me from vegetarian to vegan, but whenever I drink a can of ginger ale I'll think of the ...
>87: nancyewhite -- oh, you'll continue your streak of great reads with The Omnivore's Dilemma ! I'm a dozen pages from finishing and it's excellent (engaging) ... should be required reading, I'm definitely going to tweak my food-sourcing habits.
I'm also about 1/4 of the way into The Guernsey ...
Just started The Omnivore's Dilemma this morning. I think that I'll enjoy it - his writing is much wittier than you'd expect given the topic.
... of Innocence for the Group Read. I loved it. I've had a streak of good books that I'm hoping to continue this week with The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
... should stick to fiction; her writing was often verbose, rambling, and sometimes preachy. And if you've already read Omnivore's Dilemma , a lot of it was rehashed information.
... last year traveling from Baja to Alaska, so I'm pretty sure there are more... Before I started my classes, I had started Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - does that count as a Natural History book?
I really liked Green Alaska especially - it parallels her personal stories of life ...
... this novella in a discount book store and it called to me. A fine read: melancholy, sweet, and a satisfying ending.
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan -- A TBR book considered when the New York Times cited it and pushed to a book group read when LTers kept recommending it.
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... p.
If I could add a few nonfiction favorites of my own, they would be:
The Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan and
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan as well as
With Charity Toward None by Florence King,
They Went Whistling by Barbara Holland and
The World is F ...
Oops, double post.
... by Milan Kundera-- a good read that took me to Prague and its ennvirons via a love story and political upheaval.
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan was excellent and has prompted me to rethink my food buying habits. I also picked up a copy of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair ...
... the World by Dan Koeppel. An interesting look at America's favorite breakfast fruit -- and a book I think fans of The Omnivore's Dilemma and Mark Kurlansky's Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World will also enjoy.
... sentences. Without. Verbs. "Not just for the nineteenth but for the twentieth century too."
#18 and #19 - I loved the Omnivore's Dilemma and liked In Defense of Food. Both made me happy to live in a country where cows eat grass, for now at least!
... Minnow Pea - the gimmick was amusing at first but tiring as the book wore on. And now I've almost finished The Omnivore's Dilemma
44. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Fantastic. Should be required (or at least strongly recommended) reading for everyone. I'm now officially afraid of corn...
... Milan Kundera. I am now thoroughly immersed in Kansas and Iowa as we work through the corn belt and beef industry in The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Tremendously enlightening and a great read.
#33 In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
A much shorter, much less dense follow-up to The Omnivore's Dilemma , expanding on what we should be eating. His advice is good and easy - eat real food. I wish I could afford to live the Pollan lifestyle, but that'll have to wait until after grad ...
... of historical data, yet many disagree on classifying them as fiction or non-fiction.
Both Guns, Germs, and Steel or The Omnivore's Dilemma would more than likely not be "read" or completed. I would place both books in the non-fiction section of my library. Both of these books could be ...
...
I think we have different definitions of either "non-fiction" or "read".
In what sense can Guns, Germs, and Steel or The Omnivore's Dilemma not be "read"? I certainly read the notes (and not all non-fiction has notes, for that matter), if that's your sticking point. Or do you think all ...
... really surprises me because I loved Manny in Last Night at the Lobster.
On the nonfiction side, I'm finally reading The Omnivore's Dilemma and it's excellent!
The End of Food
The Omnivore's Dilemma: a natural history of four meals
Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet
Life on the Refrigerator Door
Snow Candy
... reads:
Gettysburg: a Testing of Courage by Noah Andre Trudeau
The Birth of the United States by Jim Bishop
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Medici by G.F. Young
Felipe Alou . . . My Life and Baseball by Felipe Alou
The rest have been fiction and short ...
#59 - Errr, um... maggie, I haven't read The Omnivore's Dilemma yet. I was raving about In Defense of Food by the same dude.
Odd how the second touchstone is broken.
I am working on The Omnivore's Dilemma : a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan interesting book about food and how it is produced, very eye opening and a little sickening.
Microtrends by Mark Penn and E. Kinney Zalesne Just started this but looks like it will be ...
... see how far I can push it in a year. A few more books read never hurt anyone and I'm already off to a good start.
1. The Omnivore's Dilemma (Pollan)
2. Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
3. Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
I bought The omnivore's Dilemma on the strength of clam's raving about it and now that will compete wih Alice in Wonderland - an interesting contrast, but some strange common threads.
I bought The Omnivore's Dilemma today from my favorite small book store. She is having to move to a new location because her current rent is going up so much. She is definitely struggling to stay open - is it the economy? is it the fate of small, independent bookstores? Very frustrating. Also, ...
16. The Voyage of the Beagle
17. The Omnivore's Dilemma
Well, I'm slowly moving along here. I enjoyed both of these nonfiction works.
Yep I guess 1 and checked, I've read omnivore's dilemma as my sole non-fic offereing which is just over 2.5% of my reading.
I also recently finished Omnivore's Dilemma . It was excellent. I particularly enjoyed the parts about eating local foods.
I am just finishing The Voyage of the Beagle. The 19th century descriptions of geology were boring. The accounts of genocide of the indigenous South Americans were ...
The omnivore's dilemma does a reasonable job of explaining how the situation in the US has led to corn (maize) being cheaper to buy than it is to grow, and why farmers still continue to produce it. Pollan explains it is not the farmers who have sought this, but a combination of agri-business and ...
I'm on The Omnivore's Dilemma so far it's bleak!
Also skimming thourgh When Jack sued Jill which is caustic poetry, for the Go Review That Book Group.
Just one favorite thus far: The Omnivore's Dilemma .
GT: The Omnivore's Dilemma (highly recommended, and I've met my goal for G!) Next to go will be Q, since I know what I want to read for both remaining categories (and have one on my TBR shelf).
Just finished The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan and started Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and A People's History of Science by Clifford D. Conner.
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll get much reading done this weekend as there is packing up for a move to do as well as dealing with my ...
>44: FionaCat, I've heard great things about Michael Pollan's books as well ... and now The Omnivore's Dilemma is on my TBR!
#34 & 41 -- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a wonderful book! I read it, The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food (both by Michael Pollan)in a fairly short time period -- all very thought-provoking, inspiring books about food and our (all too often broken) relationship with it.
... of the gods
the prefect
maneater
the good husband of zebra drive
Empress of mijak
all on 3 for two
and The Omnivore's Dilemma: and City cycling by Ballentine which it appears I'll be the first LTer to catalog when I add it tonight - a version of Cyclecraft
Go ...
... parts of Freakonomics and the World is Flat.
We both read the two Dan Brown novels.
I'll probably get to the Omnivore's Dilemma in about 9 months.
... month of March; I'll get around to it, but right now I'm going to post a book I need to return to the library today.
33: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
A very thought-provoking read about our relationship with the food chain, and our evolutionary natures. Like all good books ...
... David Kidder
11. Little Heathens, Mildred Armstrong Kalish
12. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
13. Omnivore's Dilemma , Michael Pollan
14. One Good Turn, Kate Atkinson
15. Songs of the Humpback Whale, Jodi Picoult
I know there are others . . . I just ...
Today the UPS man brought me:
The Omnivore's Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Hell Hath No Fury: True Stories of Women at War from Antiquity to Iraq by Rosalind Miles
I'm on a non-fiction kick.
Based on my love of Omnivore's Dilemma I am reading Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan. I am also trying to get to Water for Elephants for my book club next Friday.
... AD and it went back to the library today. Life's too short!
rocketjk (#164) - yep, I had the same reactions to the Omnivore's Dilemma . Such a great book. I finished In defense of food on Thursday and was somehow disappointed. I agreed with his main point (that we should eat **food* ...
... Brooks and finished Undertow by Elizabeth Bear so if anyone wants to talk about those I am game!
I am now reading Omnivore's Dilemma : a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan
and I have started
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
I will often read one non-fiction and one ...
Book 9: It took me a while to read The Omnivore's Dilemma , even though I found it enlightening, fascinating, by turns disturbing and uplifting, and very well written. It was more the fact that this is not a book that can, or should, be breezed or rushed through. I'm glad I read it, and look ...
... passions are Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror and then I also read a fair number of non-fiction books, like right now I am reading Omnivore's Dilemma . I will try other types of books, it is just that I usually always go back to Fantasy, Sci-Fi, horror genres. The horror I like is more like Stephen King ...
Hey everyone,
I am still here, been busy lately so not as much time for here as I would like.
I am reading Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan and I am starting Storm Front by Jim Butcher as well.
I just finished Undertow which was a pretty decent SciFi story, I like a lot of the new ...
#8, rocketjk, I found The Omnivore's Dilemma fascinating too -- it's difficult to look at meat the same way afterwards!
I finished Victor Serge's Unforgiving Years, a truly remarkable, horrifying, beautiful, and compelling novel about the horrors of the mid-20th century.
Not sure ...
... London the biography by Peter Acroyd ... hope I get it read before it's due back at the library!
#8 - I loved the omnivore's dilemma (but confess to owning shares in Whole Foods...I loved that store so much when I lived in the US). Wonder if you've got to the pig-hunting part yet?
I'm just past halfway through The Omnivore's Dilemma and finding it fascinating.
... books to my wishlist!
Questions/Comments:
Do you think In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto is better than The Omnivore's Dilemma ? I have been meaning to read the latter for ages -- I have read interviews/articles with/by Pollan, and really like his ideas.
I read an ...
Finally started The Omnivore's Dilemma . I'm finding it quite interesting over the first 50 pages. I've heard a lot about this book from a lot of people, and I'm happy to have it living up to its advance notice.
... collection, including stories by Louise Erdrich, Donald Barthelme, Gina Berriault and Joyce Carol Oates.
Now it's on to The Omnivore's Dilemma !
Agreed on The Omnivore's Dilemma . Please try also The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg. It is written in a textbook style, so can be a little dry. But the concepts are revealing.
... Inn Near Kyoto: Writing by American Women Abroad and Thirty Stories by Kay Boyle, among others. Eventually I'll start The Omnivore's Dilemma at long last.
... field). Of course, if he could do that, then Pollan would probably be a health scientist and not a journalist.
I read The Omnivore's Dilemma a while back and found that to be much more satisfying, probably because it seemed more constructive and less just reporting. Maybe the third section, ...
... that I'm reading one story/chapter/essay/poem at a time between each full-length book I tackle), I'll be starting on The Omnivore's Dilemma , off the top of my "short list."
On the subject of nonfiction The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is fairly mindboggling
... thanks for the tip about Claiborne's website!
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was a wonderful book. If you liked it, try The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.
... the Cuban sugar thing too, but as a means to protect corn's use for corn syrup. Reminds me that I should get around reading The Omnivore's Dilemma .
Well, I'm off to a much better start than last year.
BOOK #1 The Omnivore's Dilemma
Absolutely one of the best books I have read in a long time.
Michael Pollan is one of those writers who could probably draw any reader into any topic. Omnivore's Dilemma is a captivating and enriching ...
... categories and books.
Food/Cooking
1. The United States of Arugula by David Kamp
2. Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
4. My Life in France by Julia Child
5. On Rue Tatin by Sus ...
... down and Wind in the willows as more delightful children's ish tales of english life.
Non-fiction wise maybe The Omnivore's Dilemma: which I haven't actually read, but is supposed to be a reasonable guide to the ethics of eating.
Have you read anything else by Michael Pollan? I've so far read The Botany of Desire, and am waiting for The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food to come in at the library, and have been wondering how worth it it is might be to buy them instead of waiting for several hundred other ...
... was good. I'm half-way through Eat, Pray, Love and enjoying it greatly. I expect to finish it soon, then get back to Omnivore's Dilemma and finish that! Finishing books I've started is my first challenge, and I'm making progress. Yay!
I tagged books in my library "started" so I can ...
I thought I'd share this interview with Michael Pollan, the author of Omnivore's Dilemma and other books. Although it touches on the release of his newest book, In Defense of Food (no, I haven't read it yet, sigh) it touches on many subjects brought up in his books.
http://www.powells.c ...
... now:
(haven't finished any yet - I keep interrupting them to start another. First goal - finish these this month!)
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Books I started last year:
(I'm ...
I'm currently reading The Omnivore's Dilemma and history of the world in 6 glasses. very good reads
I'm reading Unsustainable by Patrick Hossay for school and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan for fun.
alpha, we heard Pollan speak last year (or maybe two years ago?) after Omnivore's Dilemma came out. He's an engaging speaker as well as a great writer. Also highly recommend Botany of Desire.
... A. Abbott (deferred)
The Man Who Tasted Shapes by Richard Cytowic (deferred)
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (*****)
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (***)
The Quantum Zoo by Marcus Chown (deferred)
The Tipping ...
... it is really doing.
Collapse* (the environment)
1491* (updated Native American history)
My Life in France
Omnivore's Dilemma * (what we eat)
White Man's Burden* (foreign aid to third world nations)
The Third Chimpanzee
Bird of Life, Bird of Death
... But nothing beats a great novel on a cold, rainy night...
Nonfiction:
Collapse
1491
My Life in France
Omnivore's Dilemma
White Man's Burden
The Third Chimpanzee
Bird of Life, Bird of Death
Fiction:
Peace Like a River
The Power of One
Sunshine
In no particular order:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Heat by Bill Buford
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Gardener's Year by Karel Capek
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
... for February (have not acquired this yet)
Children of God for March
Already started and really ought to finish:
+ The Omnivore's Dilemma
Carnival by Elizabeth Bear
Misfortune
Nonfiction:
Real Boys: rescuing our sons from the myths of boyhood
+ Our Babies, Ourselves
...
... Double Bind (just about to start)
Little Heathens (next in line)
Finding Iris Chang
Songs of the Humpback Whale
Omnivore's Dilemma
The Book of Lost Things ... OK, that's all I can remember. All were stuffed into the beautiful Levenger book bag. 'Tis a thing of beauty!
Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals .
... 11/08
Book Group Reads
1. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
2. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan READ 6/14
4. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro (Pulitzer) READ 9/24
5. Eat, Pray, ...
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In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (***)
The Omnivore's Dilemma # by Michael Pollan (*****)
The Power of Now# by Eckhart Tolle (***)
The Tipping Point# by Malcolm Gladwell (*****) detailmuse in 50 Book Challenge : Detailmuse … reading in 2008 (Dec 29, 2007, 2:26pm)
I’m taking the 888 Challenge : "Read 8 books each in 8 different categories in 2008."
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Edited to move remainder of post to LT's 888 Challenge group .
... of the Day by Mary Doria Russell and have started on my second ER book, The Somnambulist. Also trying to get through The Omnivore's Dilemma which was my book club's selection for December, oops :)
This is such a fascinating discussion! I noticed an earlier post mentioned an article by Michael Pollan . He also wrote an entire book on this subject last year, the omnivore's dilemma.
I haven't read the book yet, its on my list, heard him talk though, sounded interesting. Really got in ...
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan: Squeaked in - finished October 1st.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Haven't read for 10 years; Emma is still my favorite, though.
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien: Took me by surprise as I don't like war themes at all, but I like what he ...
... anyone who enjoys the work of Daniel Quinn might find Michael Pollan an informative read. His only book that I have read is The Omnivore's Dilemma , but I have read a number of his shorter articles, available online here; http://www.michaelpollan.com/write.php
Hope you enjoy.
... Floyd fan, chose as a read aloud book.
In terms of disappointing (as opposed to bad) books in 2007, I have to count The Omnivore's Dilemma and Imperial Life in the Emerald City -one which I chose because it was on the NYT best nonfiction of the year last year, the other which ended up ...
mamjoan, #137, I found The Omnivore's Dilemma fascinating and frightening -- and I'll never look at beef the same way again!
... a series, which is disappointing so far but I will stick with it because I must know how the story ends.
I also started The Omnivore's Dilemma for my book club but found it a difficult book to read on the subway (since I only get about 5-10 minutes at a time) so am going to have to try to ...
Finished with Omnivore's Dilemma . Finally. This was a great book in that it really did its best to discuss food in a lot of different lights. I don't think it gave Whole Foods a fair shake -- and some of the conversations about this on LT were what got me interested in the book in the first place. ...
Just finished The omnivore's dilemma , am still about halfway through listening to The know-it-all, and am working my way through Unbowed. Just received The third chimpanzee and The Great Upheaval and am deciding which of those to tackle first.
Finished Love in the Time of Cholera. I started The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan but am taking a brief break to watch Freedom Writers.
I wasn't aware of Ellis' controversy about Vietman -- what was that all about?
In addition to reading Unbowed and The Omnivore's Dilemma in paperback, I just finished listening to The Map that Changed the world and have started listening to The know-it-all, which is amusing in parts and ...
... on me, but it's set in Papua New Guinea from memory, during the civil war there in the early 90's.
I've just finished The Omnivore's Dilemma , which took me a while to get through, but was such interesting reading. Who knew how many things were made out of corn? It had a good mixture of ...
... answered the question of what I would do myself... hopefully I 've got plenty of time.
I'm still chewing over parts of Omnivore's Dilemma - I find myself debating in my head with the author and many of the people he's interviewed.
I've also started Unbowed, which is a memoir. I'm ...
... make me think twice about what I eat and where my food comes from: Fast-food nation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and The Omnivore's Dilemma . (The movie Super-Size Me was also thought provoking, but I'll try to limit this posting to the books.
Food production and its paradoxical ...
It's been a busy old life lately, so I'm only halfway through The Omnivore's Dilemma , and also halfway through Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry. I haven't finished a book in *weeks*. Sigh.
... The Botany of Desire
338 Production: Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber
394 General customs: The Omnivore's Dilemma
553 Economic geology: Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession
615 Pharmacology & therapeutics: Opium: a History
633 Field & plantation ...
... Martin Booth
Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession, by Matthew Hart
The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan
The Omnivore's Dilemma , Michael Pollan
Got any recommendations for me?!
... Some of the sidebar personalities are just as interesting as Lincoln, in some regards. Am still somewhere in the middle of Omnivore's Dilemma and am now reading about the controversial Whole Foods dinner. Am also in the middle of Signs of the Inka Khipu, which is really interesting but the ...
... - Ashes to ashes : America's hundred-year cigarette war, the public health, and the unabashed triumph of Philip Morris or Omnivore's Dilemma
410 Linguistics - The Language Instinct
513 Arithmetic - Flat Land
523 Specific Celestial Bodies and Phenomena - A Briefer History of Time
529 C ...
I finished The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan) and Stiff:The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach) this weekend, so I'm on to two new books.
1. The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai) -- fiction -- I've read mixed reviews of this book here on LT, but I have high ...
... can have on aquatic environments.
Among others, I've read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and am partially into Omnivore's Dilemma . I'd like to join the growing dialogue of food choice as an environmental decision, as well as a nutrition, economic, or political one.
... a "wow" book for me.
Next up? Well, I don't think I can read another fiction book just yet, so it's going to be The Omnivore's Dilemma .
streamsong, if you like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, you may also enjoy reading The omnivore's dilemma which is also about what and how we eat. Pollan goes about preparing four meals, not just from scratch, but investigating where in the world each ingredient came from. There was some bit of ...
... book sales. I need to stay away from such treasure hunts for a few weeks.
Today, a DHL delivery truck arrived with:
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan and
Innovation Nation : How America is Losing its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back by Joh ...
... the writing satirical and fun, and I can't seem to put it down!
Before getting wrapped into Stiff, I was reading The Omnivore's Dilemma - only about 50 pages til the end, so I imagine I'll finish it in the next few days.
I also went to the library to pick up A Suitable Boy by ...
>83 I am glad to see there is someone else regularly over 10!
I am currently working on around 20 titles (Stardust, Omnivore's Dilemma , I like You...) I too work in a library, and currently have more non fiction than fiction, but that varies. There is always a healthy mix of adult ...
... Bone, Garlic and Sapphires), she is the editor of Gourmet.
Michael Pollan is getting a load of publicity lately for Omnivore's Dilemma , which is a good book.
OH! But somewhere that you may want to start is American Food Writing ed. Molly O'Neill. I reviewed the book recently and it ...
I have put down all of my other books, to prepare for getting two off the waiting lists from the library -- The Omnivore's Dilemma (I read the first 2/3 before needing to return it to the library last time, so I'm excited to finish it!!) and The Yiddish Policemen's Union, which I've been ...
39. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
What's for dinner? Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us—industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves—from the source to a final meal. I found the book fascinating, thought-provoking, and ...
... how *average* his other books are in comparison to The Stand. I'm not sure I'll continue this challenge of mine.
115. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
A delightful book about where we get our food and the food industry (industrial, organic industrial, pastoral organic and wild ...
... it went by very quickly! Quite enjoyable, brilliant writing.
This week I'm hoping to finish The History of Love and The Omnivore's Dilemma , and will also be reading the frivolous The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse. :)
Happy reading!
Reading The Eyre Affair. Finally! And still going through The Omnivore's Dilemma .
I currently have four books going at once:
I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence
Oracle Night
Forever Odd
The Omnivore's Dilemma
I hope you're all happy with yourselves.
I'm also currently reading The Omnivore's Dilemma . Now I distrust corn like it was a politician.
Forever Odd
The Omnivore's Dilemma
I keep book-hopping, but I think I've finally settled Forever Odd and The Omnivore's Dilemma . Both are quite good, although in different ways - obviously.
... Interpretation by Susan Sontag, etc.
Anthropology Guns, Germs and Steel, The Westo Indians, etc.
Botany The Omnivore's Dilemma , etc.
Biography and history and mathematics and theory and contemporary fiction and poetry.
And so many others.
How is it possible to ...
... For Choco
Show Way
Before You Were Mine
The Book That Jack Wrote
Purchased
Disgrace
Shadow Of The Wind
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Ordered From Amazon.com
The Gun Seller
Bizarro Starter Kit
And today to celebrate being unemployed and broke, I'm going to the bookstore!
...
... take shelves).
Song of Susannah
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Spook Country
Disgrace
Shadow of the Wind
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Total cost? $17.39
Also - met a lovely man who was lost, wandering by my desk carrying a package. Personally took him to the office in question. ...
... ends tomorrow.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Spook Country by William Gibson
Disgrace
Shadow of the Wind
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Song of Susannah
Total cost? $17.39
Also - met a lovely man who was lost, wandering by my desk carrying a package. Personally took him to ...
... Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
50. Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
51. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
52. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
53. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
54. A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the First: The Bad Beginning by L ...
... I understand his question and honestly it hasn't been answered all that well. Let me try...
Example: I checked the book Omnivore's Dilemma out of my public library. I really loved it and it had a strong effect on me. However, I usually don't buy nonfiction so I won't be buying the book. I ...
... on the group at LSU which included the legendary Ted Parker, John O'Neill and James Van Remsen. He has a newer book on Birdsong: A Natural History which I have not read.
Paul Ehrlich. A lucid, provocative and prolific author. Paul is an entomologist but The Birders Handbook. A Field ...
... to be able to maintain their standard of living, pay their bills, and service their debt, and that is to produce more."
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
#50, The Omnivore's Dilemma is great!
... to processing plant to feedlot to supermarket to restaurant to kitchen to dining room and more with Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma .
I normally don't read this much non-fiction, but I'm currently reading:
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Bad Bridesmaid: Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums -- Tales from the Front Lines by Siri Agrell (in honor of the upcoming bachelorette party that I have to host...)
...
The Omnivore's Dilemma was the Book of the Month discussion at Readerville last month. The thread is open despite the close of the month, if anyone feels like dropping by and adding their thoughts.
I'm only to about page 120, but I was ...
The Omnivore's Dilemma is an excellent book on this subject.
... l
11. Book Lust -Great reference
12. Stiff -Creepy, gross, great read
13. Altered Carbon -interesting concepts
14. The Omnivore's Dilemma -I love Michael Pollan's books
15. 100 Years of Solitude -slogging through this one
... goal was just to open up Typepad and do *something* for five minutes.
Now's time for a break. Read Talk, maybe some of Omnivore's Dilemma , then I'll tackle the microstep of opening up my journal and picking up a pen. :D
And everyone has fantastic ideas! Post back here when you are done ...
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History Of Four Meals - M. Pollan
How You Can Find Happiness During The Collapse Of Western Civilization
Robert Ringer
Spook: Science Tackles The Afterlife - Mary Roach
Collateral Language: A User's Guide To America's New War - Coll ...
I'm in the midst of Omnivore's Dilemma and I absolutely LOVE it. Even though he doesn't normally read nonfiction, I'm making my hubby read it so we can discuss it.
I think it's going to be one of my top books of 2007.
... Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy (2)
Runner up: The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (1)
Nonfiction:
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (2)
At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman (2)
In the first quarter, I couldn't find five favorites, but my top four ...
Quite a few!
Little Children by Tom Perrotta
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
I'm enjoying all of them immensely, and would recommend ...
... #12 and two more.
Mentioned above:
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Later, at the Bar (touchstone doesn't work) by Rebecca Barry
And now:
At Large and at Small by Anne Fadiman (as ...
Right now I'm reading The omnivore's dilemma : a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan
... not in any particular order, are:
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Later, at the Bar (touchstone doesn't work) by Rebecca Barry
I expect to be able to add At Large and at Small by Ann ...
... Galveston, seemed as thrilling to me as a novel. On the other hand, new information beautifully presented, as perhaps The Omnivore's Dillemma or witty essays, like Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader have their fascinations, as well, without being narrative. Btw, if you put ...
I am finishing up The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan). If you haven't read this book yet, PLEASE DO! I couldn't recommend it enough!!
After that, I'm thinking of starting either The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield) or The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid) -- does ...
... on this topic that, along with Coming Home to Eat, Fields of Plenty, This Organic Life, Eat Here, and (of course) The Omnivore's Dilemma , this book is helping to build a very important literature in support of more local food production and distribution.
I haven't picked up The 100- ...
... literary non-fiction. There are probably a zillion books that could be listed. Mark Kurlansky and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilema ) come to mind. Some other authors similar to Eric Schlosser are maybe John McPhee or Richard Preston (who has a new book out: The Wild Tre ...
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
This week, I am reading The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan), Assassination Vacation (Sarah Vowell) and The World According to Garp (John Irving).
All three are excellent, but I particularly recommend The Omnivore's Dilemma ! If you'd be interested in discussing it, please ...
I finished Michael Pollan's very interesting The Omnivore's Dilemma -- made me think a lot about what food I should be eating and the profound impact of politics and corporate influence on what's available for us to eat.
Also zipped through Sara Paretsky's Writing in an Age of Silence ...
... Horse God Built. I'll probably also read All Together Dead and Thunderstruck this week.
@#45: I really enjoyed The Omnivore's Dilemma as well, and just finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Kingsolver, and it was in the same vein, and very enjoyable.
... I thought it was terrific.
I've been busy with real life and haven't had much time for reading, but I've almost finished The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan -- and I'll never look at food the same way again!
#55, I haven't read the other books you mention, so I can't compare The Omnivore's Dilemna to them, nor have I finished it, so I can only give you some impressions.
Michael Pollan uses the device of tracing three food chains and four meals from their plant origins to the plate: a fast-food ...
I've read fast food nation, Food Wars:, Not on the label it's a subject I'm quite interested in. How does Omnivore's dilemma compare to these? Does it make much the same arguments, or is it a novel approach?
... US, Two Lives was published in paperback last year -- that's when I bought and read it.
I can also recommend to all The Omnivore's Dilemna by Michael Pollan, which I am currently reading -- lively, informative, and chilling (you'll never look at food the same way again).
... Vasily Grossman's A Writer at War, an organic and ecologically organized farm in Virginia with Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemna , and in colonial South America with John Lynch's biography of Simon Bolivar.
I am now in the midst of four books: Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemna (you'll never look at food the same way again!); The Testament of Yves Gundron by Emily Barton; A Writer at War (touchstone not loading) by Vasily Grossman; and the John Lynch biography of Simon Boliva ...
... very good but not in the same league as Half of a Yellow Sun, so I'm glad I read that first. So this is now along with The Omnivore's Dilemna by Michael Pollan and, very slowly, john Lynch's biography of Simon Bolivar.
... Germany, and Morocco in Richard Hughes's The Wooden Shepherdess and am now on a corn farm in contemporary Iowa with The Omnivore's Dilemna by Michael Pollan.
... too) with a cast of many fictional characters, and it didn't quite work for me.
Now I've turned to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemna -- readable, though-provoking, and scary.
... Study by T. Colin Campbell. This is a book about nutrition. Other related books that I was reading at the time were The Omnivore's Dilemma: a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan and The Food Revolution by Robbins. The combination of these books deeply affected me.
An ...
... could ferment them. I'm anxiously waitng for The National Library Service for the Blind to finish its recording of The Omnivore's Dilemma . I've been tempting to buy the audible download, but I try to exercise a bit of yankee thrift.
So what is a Christian Hedonist? And did you ...
... to Death by Anneli S. Rufus
The Fabric of the Cosmos (Space, time, and the texture of reality) by Brian Greene
Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan
State of Denial : Bush at War, Part III by Bob Woodward
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
Rincewind the Wizzard ...
webgeekstress, I'd love to know your reaction to The Omnivore's Dilemma . I've been eyeing it for a couple of months now, but haven't been tempted enough to buy it...yet
>83 Ok, I haven't read either, but The Omnivore's Dilemma seems much more enticing...
I'm alternating between The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.
... The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals
Simon Schama, Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
Sandy Tolan, The Lemon T ...
I would like to read either A Year at North Hill or Living Seasonally: The Kitchen Garden and the Table at North Hill. The Omnivore's Dilemma would be great, but maybe wait until it's in paperback. I just finished The $64 Tomato, which was pretty darn funny. I'm probably one of the only ...
... San Francisco Bay Area - like Marley and Me or Guns, Germs and Steel. If only people here would be less interested in The Omnivore's Dilemma , I'd be set.
The only thing is that the library charges for ILL and holds. Not much, but enough that I just take my chances that something I like ...
I have Kitchen Confidential and The Omnivore's Dilemma on my TBR SOON pile along with Salt, Cod, Don't Try This at Home, Spice: The History of a Temptation, 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From and several books on candy on my TBR EVENTUALLY pile.
What books about food do you ...
... the Earth by Danielle Trussoni
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Places In Between by Rory Steward
... with.
I've read two non-fictions recently that, if they don't make you think, they at least make you wanna go "Huh!" The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan discusses modern agricultural techniques and why, while they might be most efficient financially, may NOT be best for all kinds ...
I couldn't agree more, montano, about The Omnivore's Dilemma . I'm about halfway through, and it's such a clear-eyed look at the reality of how our modern agricultural and distribution methods have created a Rube Goldberg-esque system that is completely unsustainable. He's harsh but completely ...
... good eating by Marion Nestle. It's very straight forward and easy to read.
But what I really want to recommend is The Omnivore's Dilemma . Fabulous! A total page turner.
6. Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (c2005, 411 pages, finished Feb 4)
Late in the book Pollan creates a philosophical debate between himself and PETA on the ...
