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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
Thought for food...
[b:The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals|3109|The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four Meals|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1393804353s/3109.jpg|3287769] is a biological look at the food we consume. [a:Michael Pollan|2121|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1366396171p2/2121.jpg] has broken the book into three different sections. Each section ends with a meal made from the plants and animals described in each section.
In Part I: Industrial Corn we follow the industrial food chain to see the technology and challenges with mass produced food in America. Corn is the main focus, but you learn about the entire food chain along the way. I found this section of the book shocking and disturbing, but very educational. Ignorance is not bliss.
Part II: Pastoral Grass focusses on the alternative food chain of organic food, small farm co-ops and grass-fed animals. There were a few surprises along the way, but they were far less disturbing than section one.
Finally, Part III: Personal the Forest follows [a:Michael Pollan|2121|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1366396171p2/2121.jpg] along his quest to make a meal from things he hunted, grew or gathered. This section felt very philosophical.
Overall, [b:The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals|3109|The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four Meals|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1393804353s/3109.jpg|3287769] was thoroughly researched, well written and extremely thought provoking. If you are interested in learning about where your food comes from and how it is processed, you will likely enjoy this book. Those of you who want to stay healthy or enjoy cooking will also enjoy this book. As a vegetarian, I found a few sections describing slaughter difficult but I didn’t skip ahead. I felt as though I owed it to the farm animals to learn about their lives and ultimately their deaths.
Highly recommended
[b:The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals|3109|The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four Meals|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1393804353s/3109.jpg|3287769] is a biological look at the food we consume. [a:Michael Pollan|2121|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1366396171p2/2121.jpg] has broken the book into three different sections. Each section ends with a meal made from the plants and animals described in each section.
In Part I: Industrial Corn we follow the industrial food chain to see the technology and challenges with mass produced food in America. Corn is the main focus, but you learn about the entire food chain along the way. I found this section of the book shocking and disturbing, but very educational. Ignorance is not bliss.
Part II: Pastoral Grass focusses on the alternative food chain of organic food, small farm co-ops and grass-fed animals. There were a few surprises along the way, but they were far less disturbing than section one.
Finally, Part III: Personal the Forest follows [a:Michael Pollan|2121|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1366396171p2/2121.jpg] along his quest to make a meal from things he hunted, grew or gathered. This section felt very philosophical.
Overall, [b:The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals|3109|The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four Meals|Michael Pollan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1393804353s/3109.jpg|3287769] was thoroughly researched, well written and extremely thought provoking. If you are interested in learning about where your food comes from and how it is processed, you will likely enjoy this book. Those of you who want to stay healthy or enjoy cooking will also enjoy this book. As a vegetarian, I found a few sections describing slaughter difficult but I didn’t skip ahead. I felt as though I owed it to the farm animals to learn about their lives and ultimately their deaths.
Highly recommended