Reviews of The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Seconds, Anyone?

We're clueless. In The Omnivore's Dilemma he tries to cut through this fog of unknowing.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Pollan isn't preachy: he's too thoughtful a writer, and too dogged a researcher, to let ideology take over. He's also funny and adventurous. He bounces around on an old International Harvester tractor, gets down on his belly to examine a pasture from a cow's-eye view, shoots a wild pig and otherwise throws himself into the making of his meals.