I really wish I had something brilliant to say after reading this book. I wish I lived closer to Virginia, b/c I love the idea of the Polyface farm. yeah, the food costs more, but I'll bet it's worth it (the author makes it sound like it is). I'm still freaked out by the amount of corn in our food. ...
The fundamental conceit could have been really gimmicky, but he uses it effectively to develop & expose a LOT of information. Added to which, it's wonderfully written. Are world-changing books always this enjoyable to read? I suspect they might have to be.
I'm only about halfway through this book, but am taking a little break. Although it's interesting and very informative, not really my type of summer reading.
With the impact this book has had on my life - the decision to move from NYC to Iowa, the decision to eat again at all after years of (what's a euphemism for starving?) dieting, the decision to stop buying food (for the most part) from the supermarket, you'd think I'd have something to say about thi...
Although often interesting, the poor organization and writing detracted from this book's overall appeal and success. This ambitious volume reads like several books jammed together rather than the interweaving of several narratives. I'd have preferred to read it as perhaps 3 companion volumes intende...
Update 5/23/2010 Terrific piece by Michael Pollan in the NYRB June 10, 2010, "The Food Movement, Rising" in which he reviews five books: Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal, Terra Madre: Forging a New Global Network of Sustainable Food Communities, The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civ...
I finally finished ‘The Omnivore's Dilemma’ and how delicious it was!I admit that it took me forever (five months) to finish because it's not exactly my type of literature. It also didn't help that there were many times when the author would go off in a tirade about details and quotes nad obscure re...
More thoughtful and readable than Fast Food Nation. It is Pollan's exploration of the omnivore's dilemma (having to choose what to eat), rather than a treatise on what we should eat and why.My only complaint is the number of times he writes "different than" rather than "different from".
I tried reading this in Decemeber 2008 but couldent really get into it. I found it depressed me. But after reading a lot of other books about food, and changing my ways, I tryed again. After all everyone raves about this book and WSU the unversity in my town tried to ban the book. (big scandal) So I...
Eye-opening and ridiculously easy to read. Pollan's style makes mucking through the technical stuff so easy you don't even notice it. Great discussion of something that affects every person on the globe - food.
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