The Omnivore's Dilemma

A Natural History of Four Meals

By: Michael Pollan

Narrated by: Scott Brick

One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year

Winner of the James Beard Award

Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules

What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our food choices, demonstrated that how we answer it today may determine not only our health but our survival as a species. In the years since, Pollan’s revolutionary examination has changed the way Americans think about food. Bringing wide attention to the little-known but vitally important dimensions of food and agriculture in America, Pollan launched a national conversation about what we eat and the profound consequences that even the simplest everyday food choices have on both ourselves and the natural world. Ten years later, The Omnivore’s Dilemma continues to transform the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.©2006 Michael Pollan; (P)2006 Penguin Audio

Fantastic

A life changing book. This is a top favorite and highly recommended

Eye opening

Awesome book. The way Michael explores the different versions of our food system is systematic and covers everything from McDonald's to pasture raised chicken to organic lettuce to wild mushrooms. Learned a heck of a lot and will now be referring to Americans as "Corn people"

Educational and entertaining

Amazing book, full of riveting facts and is beautifully narrated, I can’t stop talking about it with friends.

In-depth and entertaining as well as educational.

A sensible layout of material, easy to follow and interesting to listen to. Never once did I find myself bored, fast forwarding through information, or daydreaming.
This is the kind of information that I would like to share with my children, I know they would not sit through the entire discourse, but when they're in the car riding along with me I like to play these types of informative pieces of material for them. I'm surprised at how much interest my nine-year-old and seven-year-old take in where their food comes from and the way animals and Earth play into that.

Unfortunately, there was a few, very few, instances of adult language. Therefore, I did not feel comfortable letting her play on in the vehicle without first listening through its passage myself

A must read!

America must wake up to our demise and wake up you will if you dare to read the truth with an open mind.