The Omnivore's Dilemma

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Title The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Author	Michael Pollan
Language	English
Publisher	The Penguin Press
Released	2006

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals is a 2006 non-fiction book by Michael Pollan. Pollan follows four meals from their very origins all the way to the plate and presents a variety of health, environmental and ethical arguments to support his position that one should avoid consuming processed foods and products from industrial animal agriculture. The New York Times honored the book as one of the top 10 best books of 2006. ^[1]

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Official

• The Omnivore’s Dilemma, from Michael Pollan website.

Essays

• "Unhappy Meals", by Michael Pollan, The New York Times, January 28, 2007
• "An Animal's Place", essay by Michael Pollan, re-printed from The New York Times, January 2003. This essay was the spark of the idea for the book.

Interviews

• "How Food Finds its Way to Your Plate", interview by Talk of the Nation, NPR, November 24, 2006.
• "Michael Pollan: The Truthdig Interview", interview by Blair Golson of Truthdig, April 11, 2006.
• "No Bar Code", excerpt from The Omnivore's Dilemma from Mother Jones, May 2005.
• "Modern Meat", interview by Frontline, PBS, 2005.

Reviews

• Salon.com - 'We are what we eat: The Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan on how Wall Street has driven America's obesity epidemic, the misleading labels in Whole Foods, and why we should spend more money on food' (book review), Ira Boudway, Salon.com
• WashingtonPost.com - 'You Are What You Eat: A journalist traces the meal on his plate back through the food chain' (The Omnivore’s Dilemma book review), Bunny Crumpacker, Washington Post (April 9, 2006)
• Grist.org - 'Let's Make a Meal: Michael Pollan digs into the mysteries of the U.S. diet in The Omnivore's Dilemma', Tom Philpott, Grist Magazine (April 13, 2006)
• Boldtype.com - review of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
• New York Times Review