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4/11/06: The Omnivore's Dilemma

New York Times Magazine food writer Michael Pollan
New York Times Magazine food writer Michael Pollan

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Michael Pollan says America is suffering from a national eating disorder. Pollan, author of the new book The Omnivore's Dilemma, has spent the last five years following the food chains that sustain humans. He was trying to answer the most straightforward of questions - What should I eat? - but he realized he couldn't get at that without understanding these two others: Just what am I eating? And Where in the world did it come from?

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