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Food Rules
- An Eater's Manual
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant—though this time the obsessions revolves around the intoxicating effects of marijuana rather than the visual beauty of the tulip. How could flowers, of all things, become such objects of desire that they can drive men to financial ruin?
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- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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In the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion - most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become. With In Defense of Food, Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
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- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story5 out of 5 stars 40
In Cooked, Pollan discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements - fire, water, air, and earth - to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters, Pollan learns how to grill with fire, cook with liquid, bake bread, and ferment everything from cheese to beer. Each section of Cooked tracks Pollan’s effort to master a single classic recipe using one of the four elements.
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3 out of 5 stars
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he must be getting paid by the word
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Written by: Michael Pollan
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 178
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Story5 out of 5 stars 175
"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.
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Written by: Michael Pollan
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- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere.
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Pollan lets you into his calm mind.
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Written by: Michael Pollan
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- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 342
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 283
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 281
Of all the things humans rely on plants for - sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber - surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: People around the world rely on caffeine to sharpen their minds. But we do not usually think of caffeine as a drug, or our daily use as an addiction, because it is legal and socially acceptable.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Publisher's Summary
Number one New York Times Best Seller
A definitive compendium of food wisdom
Eating doesn't have to be so complicated. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food. Written with clarity, concision, and wit that has become best-selling author Michael Pollan's trademark, this indispensable handbook lays out a set of straightforward, memorable rules for eating wisely, minute by minute, accompanied by a concise explanation. It's an easy-to-use guide that draws from a variety of traditions, suggesting how different cultures through the ages have arrived at the same enduring wisdom about food. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat buffet, this is the perfect guide for anyone who ever wondered, "What should I eat?"
"In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible, and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new book called Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, by Michael Pollan." (Jane Brody, The New York Times)
"The most sensible diet plan ever? We think it's the one that Michael Pollan outlined a few years ago: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." So we're happy that in his little new book, Food Rules, Pollan offers more common-sense rules for eating: 64 of them, in fact, all thought-provoking and some laugh-out-loud funny." (The Houston Chronicle)
"It doesn't get much easier than this. Each page has a simple rule, sometimes with a short explanation, sometimes without, that promotes Pollan's back-to-the-basics-of-food (and-food-enjoyment) philosophy." (The Los Angeles Times)
"A useful and funny purse-sized manual that could easily replace all the diet books on your bookshelf." (Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times)
Michael Pollan's most recent book on food, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation - the story of our most trusted food expert's culinary education - was published by Penguin Press in April 2013, and in 2016 it served as the inspiration for a four-part docuseries on Netflix by the same name.
What the critics say
"In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new book called Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, by Michael Pollan." (Jane Brody, The New York Times)
"The most sensible diet plan ever? We think it's the one that Michael Pollan outlined a few years ago: 'Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.' So we're happy that in his little new book, Food Rules, Pollan offers more common-sense rules for eating: 64 of them, in fact, all thought-provoking and some laugh-out-loud funny." (The Houston Chronicle)
"It doesn't get much easier than this. Each page has a simple rule, sometimes with a short explanation, sometimes without, that promotes Pollan's back-to-the-basics-of-food (and-food-enjoyment) philosophy." (The Los Angeles Times)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Watsn
- 2020-07-01
Fine, but overlaps In Defence of Food
Contains good rules of thumb, but if you have read Michael Pollan's In Defence of Food this book does not add much more. If you have not read In Defence of Food I recommend it as you will get mostly the same rules plus an interesting history of nutritional science.
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- K Chiles
- 2020-05-06
Gets back to the basics!
A lot of these rules are what I would personally consider common sense, but also rules I tend to break DAILY.
it's great to hear them listed out, and I would recommend this to everyone I know. It's a quick listen clocking around and hour and twenty, well presented and a nice nutritional refresher! Scrap your fad diets and get back to the basics!
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- Purchaser
- 2022-03-21
GOOD ONE
I definitely recommend this book to everyone. I learned many tips from it. thank u
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- Rachel Kent
- 2021-09-21
Not recommended for ED survivors
I am a huge fan of Michael Pollan’s work, but find this book could be upsetting for folks who have battled Disordered eating in the past. The last third has some great tips regarding intuitive eating, but it’s framed in relation to weight loss vs repairing the overall relationship with food. Informative, but exercise caution.
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- rebecca
- 2021-05-26
Short, quick and right to the point.
This book is a perfect neat list of rules for eating healthier. Most seem like common sense but common isn't so common any more.
If you've read any of his other book he explains these rules in a much more detailed format.
This one is great to listen to as a summary or refresher of his other books. love love it.
Also love that he did the audio for it.
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- Tom Adams
- 2021-02-21
Thouroughly enjoyed - there were some giggles also
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the author was also the narrator. I found it easier to focus on as he knows exactly where the inflections should be. Great read. Would recommend!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Stephen K
- 2020-09-14
Quick List of 64 Rules of Thumb for Better Eating
At just over an hour long, this fast and common-sense guide pointed a general direction toward better eating -in both the what, and how.
Such a short read obviously did not contain the subtlety of narration that made Pollan's other books so interesting. It was worth the hour and 20 mins it took to read, but to me not worth the Audible credit it cost.
10 people found this helpful
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- tokind
- 2020-07-03
A tasteful treatise on uncommon sense
I live in the world and I am subject to the constant barrage of marketing surrounding the promotion of food and drugs. This story may not be profound, but it is nonetheless essential. This book helped my and my family and was well worth the time it took to understand.
I also grew up in a Betty Crocker household and Michael's story helped me understand what that is, why that is, and the potential consequences of living that way.
4 people found this helpful
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- Krzysztof
- 2020-05-02
disappointing book by Michael pollan
I really like this author and have read all of his books. however my very disappointed by surface treatment of nutrition and lack of innovation in this book. there's literally no novelty in any of these 64 laws and these are common sense. I don't think the author did any research for this book. seems like you put it together just to make a buck.
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- Customer Don
- 2022-08-27
All you need to know
All you need to know.
Sage advice, thank you!
Saves having to read a lot of crap books if you want to cut to the chase.
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- Diana Sommer
- 2020-05-20
Short and Sweat!
Loved every second of it! Appreciated the author narrated his own book. Easy to listen to.
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- Patrick Kelly
- 2023-05-24
Time for an update?
I enjoyed Food Rules and given that it’s a ‘list’ of rules, I didn’t want or expect it to be too long. I’ll probably listen again in fact. Some of Pollan’s rules made me laugh, but I have to wonder if he’d edit, add to or drop any of those 64 rules today, 14 years after publication of the original list.
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- Rebecca W. Clarke
- 2023-05-14
Disappointed
I should have noticed how short this was before purchase—my bad. But the list of rules would make a great magazine article—or maybe a pamphlet. Sort of cute and campy, and some of it insightful. But felt too lacking in substance for a book. More a “snack” than a “meal.”
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- S. Mahon
- 2023-03-30
It’s ok
Highly condensed version of pollan’s other writing on food, or expanded version of his single food rule: eat food( real food, not highly processed food-like products), not a lot, mostly plants…
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- Karen L Ripatti
- 2023-03-25
Food Rules
Awful. Would never recommend this book. Waste of money. Would rather read a great novel.
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- dianne fisher o'donnell
- 2023-02-27
Some info in here is not good
New studies show eating meat is entirely bad for you
New studies show how damaging alcohol is to you. I hope people don’t take this all as facts to follow