The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
- ISBN-10
- 1594200823
- ISBN-13
- 9781594200823
- Series
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 450
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Michael Pollan
Description
An ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of everyday consumers to protect their health and the environment. By the author of The Botany of Desire. 125,000 first printing.
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