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

Winner of the James Beard Award

Author of How to Change Your Mind and the #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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 05/01/2006
ISBN: 9781594200823
Pages: 450
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.50d
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist
Award: James Beard Foundation Book Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2005 pg. 100
Publishers Weekly 02/20/2006 pg. 144
Time 04/03/2006 pg. 85
Outside 05/01/2006 pg. 32
New Yorker (The) 04/23/2006 pg. 14
Booklist 04/01/2006 pg. 9
Library Journal 04/15/2006 pg. 103
People Weekly 05/15/2006 pg. 57
Newsweek 07/24/2006 pg. 55
New York Review of Books 06/28/2007 pg. 26
Outside 01/01/2008 pg. 42

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 132724 / Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat
Reading Level: 6.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 11