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Michael Pollan - The Omnivore's Dilemma (658 words) |
 | The omnivore’s dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet confronts us with a bewildering and treacherous food landscape. |
| In this groundbreaking book, one of America’s most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. |
| To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us—industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves—from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. |
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Omnivore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (199 words) |
| An omnivore (from Latin: omnis all; vorare to devour) is an animal that eats both plants and meat. |
| Omnivores lack the specialist behaviour of carnivores and herbivores, searching widely for food sources, and are thus better able to withstand changes within their ecological niche. |
| The digestive systems of omnivores reflect their versatility: they are able to digest the cellulose of plants in the manner of herbivores but also readily assimilate protein and other nutrients from meat [1]. |
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