| Shop BOMC2- Get books for $9.95 plus FREE shipping and a FREE book! Michael Pollan is fed up with the way we’re feeding ourselves. Why is a country as obsessed with nutrition as America getting unhealthier by the year? Why does the dietary advice the media bombards us with sound less like a recipe and more like a science textbook? Why are we eating things our great-great grandmothers wouldn’t even recognize as food? Pollan, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, is just as baffled by these questions as you are. In Defense of Food is his answer to this culinary insanity, a witty, impassioned and practical defense of the joy of eating real food. In this mouthwatering manifesto, Pollan explains that what we eat should be more than just the sum of its “nutrients.” Meals should be the same physically enriching, life-affirming experiences they were for our ancestors. He argues for a return to the traditional diets enjoyed by our families for generations and influenced by the foods inherent to the places we live. By making the choices he advocates in this brain-food feast—paying more for better food but eat less of it—we can help the environment, improve our physical health and restore the pure delight of eating. |
