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The Omnivore's Dilemma

A Natural History of Four Meals

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The Omnivore's Dilemma

Written by: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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 One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year

Winner of the James Beard Award

Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers 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.©2006 Michael Pollan; (P)2006 Penguin Audio Agricultural & Food Sciences Food & Wine Gastronomy Popular Culture Science Social Sciences
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I started this book with no expectations. But at the end it turned out to be 15 hrs very well spent.

Exceptional experience

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interesting read if you would like to know about the economics, ethics, sentiments related to the food we eat.

should you be a vegan ? or a carnivore?
is fast food good for health?

these are complicated questions and the book does not give any direct anwers, even it is not opnionated or biased. The book explain the facts and leave it up to the reader to figure out the answers...

its a slow paced and elaborated story telling which is infact necesaary while dealing with a topic like food.

answer to where our food comes from and its cost

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It's a great book if you want to understand where that McD meal comes from and what it truly costs the mother Earth. How sustainable and symbiotic systems work to give us nutritious food vs what a monoculture agri system takes away. What wrongs when we buy organic labelled food in supermarket shelves. India fortunately is still few years away from the US ways of eating and I feel we must do our bit to continue buying from the roadside vegetable seller than consume the packaged ready to eat. The book's title is justified in the latter end of the chapters where it's discussed whether we should be vegan or continue consuming flesh.... the omnivore dilemma is not solved, and I have my own personal opinion of it vs the author. the last 3 chapter were too long for my liking and it was more of a personal journey of the author. However I will still recommend this book to everyone who still decides worth of food by the money they pays for it than the system that food chain supports

Food chain of industrial and natural world

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Even as a non-american, it was very pretty engrossing listen and the narrator was good. I found the first part and the third part the most.

Very interesting even for a non- American

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great book read in a very nonchalant way. Moreover, the narration is not soothing at all and literally stings your ears.

good book read in a bad way

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