Omnivore's Dilemma

Finally finished this amazing book. Quite a tour de force; three books in one, each deep and rich covering a wide spectrum of ideas about food. From industrial corn (including chemistry, economics, history, botany, sociology, and health implications), to organic (yet somehow industrial) farming, to hunting and gathering. Each part with a personal experience, philosophy, and a meal. Really, an amazing book. I even read the long acknowledgments at the end; so many people had a hand in this epic polemic.

I can't recommend this for everybody. Indeed, I think it would be hard to say who this is for; yet it has been a bestseller. It is well written, in some places poetic. And somehow manages to be all things to all people.

Is it personal narrative? Polemic? History? Science? Social science? Botany? Cookbook??

Ultimately it is seductive, rich, and satisfying. One of the best books I've read in a long time.

I seem to be on a non-fiction jag lately. Feeling the need for a good thriller; a page turner... Perhaps a Thomas Cook mystery...