The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century. 'What should we have for dinner?' To one degree or another, this simple question asks us to consider the complex relationship between nature and the dining table. As omnivores, the most adaptable of eaters, we have the freedom to choose what we eat. But that freedom is precisely the dilemma we face. In this groundbreaking book, Michael Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us—from industrial food to organic or alternative food—from their source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating.