Michael Pollan
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in Long Island, New York, The United States
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
118 editions
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2006
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
92 editions
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2008
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How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
4 editions
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2018
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
45 editions
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2002
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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
94 editions
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2008
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
35 editions
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2021
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
57 editions
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2013
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Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
3 editions
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2020
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
43 editions
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1991
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A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
41 editions
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1997
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“He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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tbr-reading-chall...: Giovanna's 2009 TBR list | 2 | 48 | Jan 13, 2009 08:16AM | |
Challenge: 50 Books: Giovanna's 2009 50+ list | 4 | 172 | Feb 02, 2009 04:16PM | |
Glens Falls (NY) ...: "How Dining Out Resembles Art" by Matthew Kang | 1 | 13 | Jun 18, 2009 09:13AM | |
Glens Falls (NY) ...: _In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto_ by Michael Pollan | 14 | 23 | Jun 26, 2009 09:54AM | |
Challenge: 50 Books: Joy W.'s 50 for 2009 (maybe-starting late) | 37 | 162 | Jun 26, 2009 10:28AM | |
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