Food Rules

Resumen del libro

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Food Rules, Michael Pollan's wise and witty critique of the western industrialised diet, distils the wisdom of history and traditional cultures to three simple rules: Eat food. Not too much.

Mostly plants. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration.

Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

Biografía del autor

Michael Pollan es periodista y escritor. Colaborador habitual en The New York Times Magazine, ha recibido numerosos premios periodísticos y sus artículos han sido incluidos en diferentes antologías como Best American Science Writing (2004) o Best American Essays (1990 y 2003). Además, imparte clases sobre periodismo científico y medioambiental en la Universidad de Berkeley. En su faceta como escritor ha tenido un gran éxito en Estados Unidos con sus libros The Omnivore" s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (que fue considerado uno de los diez mejores libros publicados en 2006 por The New York Times y The Washington Post), The Botany of Desire: A Plant" s-Eye View of the World (2001), A Place of My Own (1997) y Second Nature (1991).