The Omnivores Dilemma

Book Review: Folks, This Ain't Normal

Darya Pino, Ph.D | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan, Books, Joel Salatin, Monsanto Food Books, Food Industry Books, Monsanto Big Food, Food Inc. Film, This Ain't Normal, Books News

Self-described as a "Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic-farmer," Joel Salatin is one of the most interesting people I have ever met.

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Michael Pollan Has Some Food Rules to Live By

Laura Klein | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Laura Klein, Michael Pollan, Books, The Omnivore's Dilemma, New York Times, Best Seller, An Eater's Manual, Real Food, Organic, Food Rules, Food News

Pollan's collection of rules keeps it simple: No medical or calorie counting rules (don't people get tired of counting calories?). And my favorite rule is the super simple number 24: When you eat real food, you don't need rules.

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Books That Changed The Way We Think About The Earth

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Michael Pollan, Earth Day 2011, Earth Day, Hiroshima, Earth Books, Jared Diamond, The Population Bomb, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Earth, Seth Fletcher, Marilynne Robinson, John Hersey, Books News

We may be incredibly pessimistic about the direction our country is headed at the moment, but so were many residents back in the last days of Manifest...

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On Planes And Trains: What Have We Spied You Reading Lately?

Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Stieg Larsson, Charlaine Harris, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Spotted Reading, The Orchid Thief, A Farewell to Arms, Slidepollajax, Spotted Reading in Public, Reading, Reading in Public, Reading Books, Books News

We've been watching you again, and we've been spotting you reading all sorts of books. From vampire fiction to Hemingway novels, you've been across...

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Delicious Reading

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baking, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Book Clubs, Diet, Healthy Cooking, Reading, Cooking, Gastronomy, Books News

Members of the Alabama Foodie Book Club bring a dish inspired by the book to share. What could be better than critiquing a book while sampling tasty food?

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Why I Killed A Chicken & Ate Its Heart

Rob Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicken, Goldman Sachs, Fast Food, Vegetarian, Sachs, Organic Food, Pastured Poultry, Joel Salatin, Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Wwrd, Food News

At some point you have to make peace with yourself and decide how you're not going to call yourself a hypocrite every time you step into the meat aisle of the supermarket.

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Food and Farming in Obama's First 100 Days

Michael Pollan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Michelle Obama, Michael Pollan, President Obama, Organic Food, Crop Subsidies, Sustainable Food, Tom Vilsack, White House Garden, Nutrition, Agriculture, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Obama's First 100 Days, Gardening, 100 Days, Food News

Perhaps the most encouraging action so far has come from the East Wing, where Michelle Obama has been speaking out about the importance of real, fresh food, home cooking and gardening.

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Our big problem

Alan Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Super Size Me, Fast Food, Michelle Obama, Vegetarian, Hamburger, Children, Vegan, Soda Tax, Slow Food, Liberty, Organic Food, Soda, Trans Fat Ban, Eating Animals, Freedom, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Real Food, Adults, Jonathan Safran Foer, Obesity, Theilemma, Food News

In this weekend's Wall Street Journal Theodore Dalrymple (the pen name for Anthony Daniels, a retired prison doctor and psychiatrist) was only the lat...

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Femivorism: A Housewife's Solution To Feminist Predicament?

The New York Times | PEGGY ORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Femivorism, Sustainable Food, Femivore, Locavorism, Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Housewife, Feminism, Locavore, Stay at Home Mothers, Carbon Footprint, Green News

The omnivore's dilemma has provided an unexpected out from the feminist predicament, a way for women to embrace homemaking without becoming Betty Drap...

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Orthorexia, Bacon Worship And The Power Of Food Culture

Darya Pino, Ph.D | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan, Diet, Orthorexia, Steven Bratman, Health, Food Politics, Food, Healthy Living News

We've shunned fats, sugars, starches and everything in between, and embraced each new diet trend with open arms and wallets. And perhaps not surprisingly, it appears some people are now taking it too far.

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Michael Pollan Wants You to Eat Food

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Slow Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan, Nutrition, Books News

Some people want to be told what to eat. Ever get asked about "the Slow Food diet?" I do. Countless times I've explained that there is no slow food diet, that it's not meant to be a dogmatic philosophy.

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Michael Pollan's Collection Of Food Rules

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier this year, Michael Pollan posted a request for reader's rules about eating on Well, Tara Parker Pope's health blog. Within days, more than 2,5...

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John Mackey: The Anti-CEO

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Mackey, JPMorgan Chase, Whole Foods, Washington Mutual, Organic Food, Ceos, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Jamie Dimon, Business News

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is clearly an odd man out in the Club of CEOs.

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From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

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Whole Foods and Michael Pollan: Wrong to the Core

Barth Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Mackey, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Whole Foods, Michael Pollan, Green News

Because he's a professor, not a grocer, Michael Pollan can be forgiven for not understanding that the boycott is actually a "core" shopper revolt.

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I Was a Victim of the Peanut Butter Recall

Scott Dodd | Posted 11.17.2011

I can't say that I was in the dark when I bought my honey-roasted peanut butter last week, but like so many people, I had the impression that someone was looking out for me.

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Animals on the Hill, and in The Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Doyle, The Hill, Animal Welfare, David Scott, Ginnifer Goodwin, Agriculture, Randy Neugebauer, Animals, Mary Landrieu, David Vitter, Jean Schmidt, Jim Moran, Elton Gallegly, Animal Rights, Big Ag, Food Inc., Fast Food Nation, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Politics News

The lawmakers doing the bidding for Big Agribusiness simply don't get that the American public wants to see all animals treated humanely, including animals raised for food.

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Food Inc.: What is the Food Industry Hiding?

Janice Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Safety, Health & Wellness, Farmers' Market, Michael Pollan, Escherichia Coli, Slaughterhouse, Janice Taylor, Cattle, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Industry, United States, US, New York City, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Eric Schlosser, Green News

Food, Inc. is a mind-blowing, stomach-twisting, eye-opening and ultimately heart-breaking film.

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Hey Mr. President, Food Can Be Your Down Payment on Health Care Reform, Remember?

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soft Drinks, Michael Pollan, Michelle Obama, Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, Food Inc., Food, Child Nutrition Act, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Health Care, Senator Tom Harkin, Barack Obama, Agricultural Subsidies, Green News

Obama has been all over the place this past week putting forth his health care plan and I haven't heard one word about how food could save this country tons of money, while saving lives.

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A Made Mom

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Food Co-Ops, Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City, Breast Feeding, Bottle Feeding, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Community Gardens, Co-Sleeping, Parenting, Moving, Baby Food, Online Parenting, Healthy Living News

I'm afraid that if it's found out, in Park Slope, that I buy my baby's food in jars, the Stroller Mafia will set up a picket line outside our building with candles and vigils and big signs stapled to sticks.

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A Food Revolution in the Making, from Victory Gardens to the White House Lawn

Michael Pollan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Michelle Obama, Michael Pollan, Local Food, White House Garden, Sustainable Food, In Defense of Food, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Gardening, Local Farmers, Victory Garden, Victory Gardens, Green News

If we want to make significant progress in reducing global warming we will need to wean the American food system off its heavy diet of fossil fuel and put it back on a diet of solar energy.

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Why Is It Easier To Buy A Gun Than High-Fructose Corn Syrup?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Dining, Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Eating, Sweeteners, Culinary School, Sugar, Style News

Is high fructose corn syrup a drug? Will people soon figure this out and start producing manipulated corn syrup in their bathtubs under the cover of night?

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