"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These neat words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he offers to the questions posed in the bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma. Humans used to ...
Quick food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. This's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick together with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.
Schlosser's ...