I have posted my review of Marion Nestle's book on my blog, The Itinerant Librarian. Here is an excerpt: "Food politics should interest everyone because, as the author tells us in her introduction, 'everyone eats.' Add to that the fact that corporations have an interest in making sure that people ...
It took me a long time to convince myself to read this book and a long time to finish it. But in the end it was totally worth it! Very informative and enlightening and Marion Nestle shares personal insights which add context.Warning: you may never look at food and food marketing the same way again.M...
"Marion Nestle’s entire book Food Politics was basically a reaction to her experiences with the USDA and the FDA, and how the food industry was able to manipulate all the recommendations to send the message that people should be eating more, especially eating more meat, dairy, and refined foods. The...
This is so much more than a book about the pet food industry. It's a book about big food industry period. A must read for anyone who wants to know what's really in their cat or dog's food.
More about what not to eat than what to eat. Lenny recommended I read this after I read In Defense of Food. I think In Defense of Food covers what to eat, while it draws heavily on the information presented in this book. Very interesting reading about the background of how decisions are made by the ...
nteresting but equivocal. A tour of the supermarket with a nutritionist who mostly advises that you do the research and decide for yourself. Worth a read, especially for foodies.
Straight forward prose and a common sense attitude about food--this book was not as inspiring as Omnivore's Dilemma but will become an overall food reference for me. She covers everything from the calorie to the politics of fish farms while trying to be realistic about her readers' varying attitude...
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