What with all the new traffic from the PBS mention there’s some renewed interest in my Michael Pollan posts from years gone by. Commentary has been both positive and negative, no surprises there. However a few readers have asked why I haven’t reviewed Michael Pollan’s latest book, Cooked, since that would seem to be a natural addition to the series.
READ ONThat’s the gist of most of the comments I’ve received about my post on Michael Pollan. And it’s entirely fair. What I tend not to write in my Michael Pollan posts is that I’d like to see many of the very things he talks about. I’d like to see people healthier and happier, a lot […]
READ ONFunny how things work out sometimes. Here I am talking about food additives this week, and who should show up in town? My old friend Michael Pollan. I don’t know how I missed all the promotion surrounding his lecture last night, but I did. Once I finally realized he’d be speaking a mere six blocks […]
READ ONThere’s good news for all you Michael Pollan fans out there: he has a new book coming out. How do I know? Not by reading his publisher’s calendar or the trade press. Rather, by reading the portents. Every time the New York Times Magazine gives him 8,000 words of space, you can bet a full-length […]
READ ONFirst, I should point out that his name isn’t pronounced like “pollen” as I’d assumed until today. It’s PO-lan, with a long “o”. Just in case you get asked on the street. All in all I have to say the session I went to (and I call it that because it’s wasn’t a lecture per […]
READ ONI want to say this now because it might not be obvious later: I like Michael Pollan. I like his books. I greatly enjoyed and regularly recommend his latest, Omnivore’s Dliemma. Likewise his previous effort, The Botany of Desire. Both are elegantly written collections of essays on his adventures in the world of food. They’re […]
READ ONI finally finished Michael Pollan’s new book Omnivore’s Dilemma last night. I’m embarrassed to say it took me over a week. But then, given how much I enjoyed his previous book, The Botany of Desire, I didn’t want to rush things. Top-notch creative nonfiction is a rare and precious commodity, especially when the topic is […]
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