The Omnivore's Dilemma

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  靠夭，我們吃的到底是什麼！？

  會讀這本書一開始也是因為好奇，因為這本在2006年出版的書，在當年《紐約時報》十大好書，還有當選其他如《洛杉磯時報》2006年度好書榜、《出版人週刊》2006年百大好書、「詹姆斯．畢爾德獎」2007年飲食寫作類得獎作品等。在美國的各大書店，在最顯眼的位置都可以看到其身影，我們學校的各處佈告欄也可常見這本書的讀書會，可見其影響力之大。

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  This book is absolutely amazing. I don't think about food, especially corn and food from animals the same way. It became really important to know where my food comes from, even though that is a hard thing to do.

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  ― jbaglio said on May 10, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

• A thought provoking exploration of food in America. What is our food, where does it come from and why do we select to eat what we select to eat along with some of the implications of our choice.

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  ― Philoserf said on Nov 1, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  The author does a fairly good job of outlining many of the issues with the modern food culture...particularly in America. He frequently misses some of the externalities of the more "natural" methods of food production, which would have made the book feel more well rounded...but he isn't as guilty of ... (continue)

  The author does a fairly good job of outlining many of the issues with the modern food culture...particularly in America. He frequently misses some of the externalities of the more "natural" methods of food production, which would have made the book feel more well rounded...but he isn't as guilty of cherry picking his data as say, Michael Moore. A good read, but bear in mind that you are not getting quite the whole story.

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  ― Shiloh Madsen said on Oct 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Time to go organic...but after this book...is that even safe?

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  ― ProfT said on Jun 30, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  interesting, but...

  the writing style is journalistic and painfully repetitious. Inside these 400 pages, there is a very good 250-pages book screaming to get out. I guess this is the fate of American books...

  The repetitions manage to water down some compelling, apparently well researched and well written pieces ... (continue)

  the writing style is journalistic and painfully repetitious. Inside these 400 pages, there is a very good 250-pages book screaming to get out. I guess this is the fate of American books...

  The repetitions manage to water down some compelling, apparently well researched and well written pieces on the morality and the consequences of eating (or not) certain categories of good.

  I particularly enjoyed the hunting-related change of opinion, when the writer finds on his face the same stupid grin he used to hate in photographs of Hemingway.

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  ― baffo said on Feb 16, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 464 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0747586837
• ISBN-13: 9780747586838
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Pub date: May 21, 2007
• Also available as: Hardcover and Audio CD
• In other languages:
  • 
    到底要吃什麼？
    (繁體書)
  • 
    Il dilemma dell'onnivoro
    (Libri Italiani)

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