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

"Outstanding . . . a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits." --The New Yorker

One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year and Winner of the James Beard Award

Author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind and the #1 New York Times Bestseller In Defense of Food and Food Rules

What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore's Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our food choices, demonstrated that how we answer it today may determine not only our health but our survival as a species. In the years since, Pollan's revolutionary examination has changed the way Americans think about food. Bringing wide attention to the little-known but vitally important dimensions of food and agriculture in America, Pollan launched a national conversation about what we eat and the profound consequences that even the simplest everyday food choices have on both ourselves and the natural world. Ten years later, The Omnivore's Dilemma continues to transform the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.

Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780143038580
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 132724 / Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/09/2007 pg. 36
People Weekly 09/03/2007 pg. 53
Newsweek 01/28/2008 pg. 48
New Yorker (The) 06/22/2009 pg. 83
Newsweek 08/09/2010 pg. 54

About the Author

Michael Pollan is the author of seven previous books, including Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. He's also the author of the audiobook Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World. A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, he also teaches writing at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, TIME magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.