Nonfiction
Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan, Richie Chevat, Raul Nagore
2006·450 pages
A journalist traces industrial, organic, and foraged food chains from source to plate, probing what we eat and its costs.
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A journalist traces industrial, organic, and foraged food chains from source to plate, probing what we eat and its costs.
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What should we have for dinner? The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may well determine our very survival as a species. Should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or perhaps something we hunt, gather, or grow ourselves? The omnivore’s dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American super...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Hunting kill scenes; slaughterhouse and feedlot animal-death detail
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Substance use
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Occasional wine and mealtime drinking; not a focus
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Brief ethical and cultural faith references around eating animals
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft content
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Central critique of industrial agribusiness, food policy, and ecology
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Sustained focus on CAFO cruelty, industrial animal suffering, slaughter
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