The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World (reissued)
Oct 2026 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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'The foundational text that allowed us to re-understand food' Chris van Tulleken
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Michael Pollan devised his famous seven-word philosophy for healthy eating after the remarkable success of The Omnivore's Dilemma. Twenty years later, his investigation of the journey that food takes – from the soil to the plate – remains as urgent and topical as ever. This is the classic work that kick-started the global discussion of food quality and ethics.
This edition includes a new introduction in which Pollan shows how his arguments are more timely than ever, touching on ultra-processed food, the impact of climate change and healthy eating movements around the world.
'The book that changed the way people who care about food think about food' GQ
'Outstanding . . . a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits' The New Yorker
'A beautifully written and shocking investigation' Daily Telegraph
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Michael Pollan devised his famous seven-word philosophy for healthy eating after the remarkable success of The Omnivore's Dilemma. Twenty years later, his investigation of the journey that food takes – from the soil to the plate – remains as urgent and topical as ever. This is the classic work that kick-started the global discussion of food quality and ethics.
This edition includes a new introduction in which Pollan shows how his arguments are more timely than ever, touching on ultra-processed food, the impact of climate change and healthy eating movements around the world.
'The book that changed the way people who care about food think about food' GQ
'Outstanding . . . a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits' The New Yorker
'A beautifully written and shocking investigation' Daily Telegraph
'The foundational text that allowed us to re-understand food' Chris van Tulleken
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Michael Pollan devised his famous seven-word philosophy for healthy eating after the remarkable success of The Omnivore's Dilemma. Twenty years later, his investigation of the...
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Michael Pollan is the author of Second Nature, A Place of My Own, and The Botany of Desire, which was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon. A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Michael Pollan is the author of Second Nature, A Place of My Own, and The Botany of Desire, which was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon. A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism ...
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