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In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating

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Description for In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating Paperback. A celebration of food. It offers a simple invitation to junk the science, ditch the diet and instead rediscover the joys of eating well. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: VFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.

Michael Pollan's In Defence of Food is a simple invitation to junk the science, ditch the diet and instead rediscover the joys of eating well.

This book is a celebration of food. By food, Michael Pollan means real, proper, simple food - not the kind that comes in a packet, or has lists of unpronounceable ingredients, or that makes nutritional claims about how healthy it is. More like the kind of food your great-grandmother would recognize.

By following a few pieces of advice (Eat at a table - a desk doesn't count. Don't buy ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141034720
SKU
9780141034720
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99-1

About Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan is an award-winning author, activist and journalist. His no.1 international bestselling books about the way we live today - including The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defence of Food and Cooked (also a successful Netflix series) ­- combine meticulous reporting with anthropology, philosophy, culture, health and natural history. Time magazine has named him one of the hundred ... Read more

Reviews for In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating
'If you're prone to pondering the nutritional advice we're spoon-fed by 'experts', this book is a very necessary antidote' Timeout 'In Defence of Food ... instantly makes redundant all diet books and 99 per cent of discussions around healthy eating' Daily Mail 'Read this witty book for a healthier life and diet' Times 'Eminently sensible' Evening Standard ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating


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