Michael Pollan - The Omnivore's Dilemma_ A Natural History of Four Meals (2006, The Penguin Press)

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1、OmnivoresDilemmaANATURALHISTORYofFOURMEALSMICHAELPOLLANTHEBOTANYOFDESIRE,£*<*>^U.S.$26.95Canada$38.00WHATSHOULDWEHAVEFORDINNER?Foromnivoreslikeourselves,thissimplequestionhasalwaysposedadilemma:Whenyoucaneatjiaboutanythingnature(orthesupermarket)hasto

2、offer,decidingwhatyoushouldtaxwillinevitablystirty,especiallywhensomeofthefoodsonoffermightshortenyourlife.Today,buffetedbyonefoodfadafteranother,Americaissufferingfromwhatcanonlybedescribedasanationaleatingdisorder.Theomnivore'sdilemmahasreturnedwith

3、avengeance,asthecornucopiaofthemodernAmericansupermarketamifast-foodoutletconfrontsuswithabewilder•ingandtreacherousfoodlandscape.What'satstakeinoureatingchoicesisnotonlyourownandourchil•dren'shealth,butthehealthoftheenvironmentthatsustainslifeonearth

4、.TheOmnivore'sDilemmaisagroundbreakingbookinwhichoneofAmerica'smostfascinating,original,andelegantwritersturnshisownomnivorousmindtotheseeminglystraightforwardquestionofwhatweshouldhavefordinner.Thequestionhasconfrontedussincemandiscoveredfire,but,acc

5、ordingtoMichaelPollan,thebestsellingauthorofTheBotanyofDesire,howweanswerittoday,atthedawnofthetwenty-firstcentury,maywelldetermineourverysurvivalasaspecies.Shouldweeatafast-foodhamburger?Some•thingorganic?Orperhapssomethingwehunt,gather,orgrowourselv

6、es?Tofindout,Pollanfollowseachofthefoodchainsthatsustainus—industrialfood,organicoralternativefood,andfoodweforageourselves—fromthesourcetoafinalmeal,andintheprocessdevelopsadefinitiveaccountoftheAmericanwayofeating.HisabsorbingnarrativetakesusfromIow

7、acornfieldstofood-sciencelaboratories,fromfeedlotsandfast-foodrestauranmuftionbackflap)0406(cantinucdfromfrontflap)toorganicfarmsandhuntinggrounds,alwaysem•phasizingourdynamiccoevolutionaryrelationshipwiththehandfulofplantandanimalspecieswedependon.Ea

8、chtimePollansitsdowntoameal,hedeployshisuniqueblendofpersonalandinvestigativejournalismtotracetheoriginsofeverythingconsumed,revealingwhatweunwittinglyingestandexplaininghowourtasteforparticularfoodsandflavorsreflectsourevolutionaryinheritance