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Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat
Marta Zaraska
3.92 AVERAGE
22 reviews for:
Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat
Marta Zaraska
3.92 AVERAGE
I had to put this book down after the author’s continued insistence on calling herself vegetarian despite eating meat. The book (at least what I read) does a decent job at looking at the historical, biological, and cultural reasons why people eat meat despite the benefits of vegetarianism as well as dispelling myths surrounding it, but the author’s background just makes it come off as her looking for excuses to call herself a vegetarian despite clearly not being one.
An introspective look at the way that meat affects our past, present, and future.
This turned out to be a lot different than what I had imagined this book to be about. And that's a good thing. Marta Zaraska is very adept at providing an in depth look at the history of meat in our culture, and not just it's positive and negative effects in our world today. There's a lot of scientific fact behind her writing, which helps emphasize her point. However, I would be curious to learn more about the sources she used, simply out of curiosity.
Don't be turned off from this is you love meat. I like to eat meat, and frankly there wasn't any startling revelations for me after reading this book, as I already try to eat less meat in my daily life. I don't see myself going completely vegetarian any time soon, I am aware of the health effects that too much meat (really, too much of anything. Even water!) has on the human body. This book may not be for everyone, especially those who are particularly "meathooked," as in they can't enjoy a meal if it doesn't have that quintessential umami taste. But try reading (or listening) to this anyway. You might learn something new.
This turned out to be a lot different than what I had imagined this book to be about. And that's a good thing. Marta Zaraska is very adept at providing an in depth look at the history of meat in our culture, and not just it's positive and negative effects in our world today. There's a lot of scientific fact behind her writing, which helps emphasize her point. However, I would be curious to learn more about the sources she used, simply out of curiosity.
Don't be turned off from this is you love meat. I like to eat meat, and frankly there wasn't any startling revelations for me after reading this book, as I already try to eat less meat in my daily life. I don't see myself going completely vegetarian any time soon, I am aware of the health effects that too much meat (really, too much of anything. Even water!) has on the human body. This book may not be for everyone, especially those who are particularly "meathooked," as in they can't enjoy a meal if it doesn't have that quintessential umami taste. But try reading (or listening) to this anyway. You might learn something new.