{"product_id":"in-defense-of-food-an-eaters-manifesto-9780143114963","title":"In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller from the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFood Rules \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFood. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what we're consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become. With \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Food\u003c\/i\u003e, Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: \"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.\" Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Michael Pollan  is the] designated repository for the nation's food conscience.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Frank Bruni, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" A remarkable volume . . . engrossing . . .  Pollan] offers those prescriptions Americans so desperately crave.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e-The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A tough, witty, cogent rebuttal to the proposition that food can be redced to its nutritional components without the loss of something essential...  a] lively, invaluable book.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Food\u003c\/i\u003e is written with Pollan's customary bite, ringing clarity and brilliance at connecting the dots.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e-The Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Pollan's most recent book \u003ci\u003eCooked: A Natural History of Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e--the story of our most trusted food expert's culinary education--was published by Penguin Press in April 2013, and in 2016 it serves as the inspiration for a four-part docuseries on Netflix by the same name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143114963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/31\/2009 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/19\/2009 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2009 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Pollan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634908590236,"sku":"9780143114963","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_29ce17f9-6d6f-423a-893c-dea913c9fc24.jpg?v=1603837983","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-defense-of-food-an-eaters-manifesto-9780143114963","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}