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Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
We prefer to eat "natural," but avoid reality by choosing not to know the
animals we eat - or the animals we are. The four meals of which Pollan
gives us a natural history begin with a cheeseburger and fries from
McDonalds, a meal which, of course, has no natural history. From there he
moves to roast chicken and vegetables from industrial farming, from which
we learn that if we are what we eat; then we are corn - and use far too
much oil to maintain that identity. Our third meal takes us into organic
farming, and a final feast of wild pig and mushrooms returns us to our
earliest roots as hunters and gatherers. The menu and tour are
fascinating, sobering and enlightening.
Reviewed by Jim B., Main Library
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