Author Archive

Seattle, WA

Lecture at Benaroya Hall, 8pm.

Elmhurst, IL

Lecture at Elmhurst College, Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 7pm.

Austin, TX

Lecture at the Paramount Theatre, 7pm.

Vote for the Dinner Party

California’s Proposition 37, which would require that genetically modified (G.M.) foods carry a label, has the potential to do just that — to change the politics of food not just in California but nationally too.

Jackson, Wyoming

Lecture at the Teton Wellness Institute, 7 pm.

Michael Pollan on Stop-Animation Video

“Food Rules” by Michael Pollan – RSA/Nominet Trust competition from Marija Jacimovic on Vimeo.

Sydney, Australia

Lecture at the Sydney Opera House. Tickets go on sale at the end of April.

Melbourne, Australia

Lecture at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets go on sale at the end of April.

Fayetteville, AR

Walton Arts Center

The Omnivorous Michael Pollan

After transforming our notions about food and health with 2006’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” writer and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan followed up with a 2009 manifesto, “In Defense of Food,” which he then distilled to a collection of simple guidelines in “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual” later that year. This month he releases an