This
is a real break from tradition. For the first time, I've decided to
make the column a single interview. Michael Pollan, the Knight
Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley, has
struck a chord in this country with his back-to-back best-selling books
about the foods we eat. Both books, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural
History of Four Meals (Penguin, 2006) and In Defense of Food: An
Eater's Manifesto (Penguin, 2008), take a good, hard look at the food
we eat and how it's made. The Omnivore's Dilemma was named one of the
10 best books of 2006 by The New York Times and The Washington Post.
After reading his books, I realized that his take on food was not that
of a food zealot or fanatic, but the informed and passionate view of
someone who cares about the foods we eat. And his thirst for knowledge
about how and what we eat will change the way you look at food forever
- so put down that fork (for a minute) and read on for some spectacular
insights from best-selling author and quintessential foodie Michael
Pollan.
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