In Defense of Food (Hardcover) by Michael Pollan
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that can enrich their lives and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy. (Consumer Health) <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>#1 <i>New York Times </i>Bestseller from the author of <i>How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, </i>and <i>Food Rules </i></b> <p/> <b>Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?</b> <p/> Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what we're consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become. With <i>In Defense of Food</i>, Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating. <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> <i></i>Michael Pollan [is the] designated repository for the nation's food conscience. <b>--Frank Bruni, <i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/>In this slim, remarkable volume, Pollan builds a convincing case not only against that steak dinner but against the entire Western diet. <b>--<i>The Washington Post</i></b> <p/>A tough, witty, cogent rebuttal to the proposition that food can be reduced to its nutritional components without the loss of something essential . . . [a] lively, invaluable book. <b>--Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/>What should I eat for dinner tonight? Here is Pollan's brilliant, succinct and nuanced answer to this question: 'Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.' <b>--<i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i></b> <p/><i>In Defense of Food</i> is written with Pollan's customary bite, ringing clarity and brilliance at connecting the dots. <b>--</b><i><b>The Seattle Times</b> <p/></i>This is an important book, short but pithy, and, like the word 'food, ' not simple at all. <i><b>--New York Post</b></i> <p/>With his lucid style and innovative research, Pollan deserves his reputation as one of the most respectable voices in the modern debate about food. <i><b>--The Financial Times</b></i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> Michael Pollan is the author of five books: <i>Second Nature</i>, <i>A Place of My Own</i>, <i>The Botany of Desire</i>, which received the Borders Original Voices Award for the best nonfiction work of 2001 and was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon, and the national bestellers, <i>The Omnivore's Dilemma</i>, and <i>In Defense of Food</i>.<p>A longtime contributing writer to <i>The New York Times Magazine</i>, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His writing on food and agriculture has won numerous awards, including the Reuters/World Conservation Union Global Award in Environmental Journalism, the James Beard Award, and the Genesis Award from the American Humane Association.</p>
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