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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Rated: ASR)
Product Type: BookReviewer: Piglet Review Rated: ASR |
Amazon's Price: $ 8.90
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Summary of this Book... | ||
Michael Pollan reprises some of his research and much of his opprobrium of the industrial food complex that I found in A Omnivore's Dilemma. | ||
This type of Book is good for... | ||
Vegetarians, Gardeners, Home Cooks, people obsessed with food | ||
I especially liked... | ||
Some of the tips at the end were good. Some of the science was interesting. Kudos to Pollan for making this topic accessible to average Americans. (Although I think he is preaching to the choir a lot, since the people who could really use the info can't afford to buy this book or use some of his recommendations.) | ||
I didn't like... | ||
I thought it was beyond funny that the first people Michael Pollan cited in his acknowledgments sections were his editors. I thought this book could have used some more editing actually. It was repetitive and overly sensational. I cook my own food and have a garden, and it still made me feel incredibly inadequate at providing for myself, which is ridiculous. I am not entirely convinced that we should completely denounce nutritionism and science because God does it better. Sounds like the same malarkey that challenges evolutionary science. And I thought it a serious weakness that Pollan uses food studies when it's convenient for his argument to do so. | ||
When I finished reading this Book I wanted to... | ||
After reading this book, I served up a big bowl of Lucky Charms. Because ya know what? I can only take so much healthiness! | ||
This Book made me feel... | ||
Guilty! I'm a home cook and I have a garden, and I still felt horribly inadequate at providing for myself. That kind of made me mad. | ||
I don't recommend this Book because... | ||
You should read Omnivore's Dilemma!! Way better book! | ||
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Created Jul 02, 2008 at 9:21pm •
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