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A Natural History Of Four Meals: Book Review

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In the article written on April 14, 2006, NPR’s Ira Flatow talks with Michael Pollan about his book, Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals is a nonfiction book issued in 2006. In his book, Pollan asks a sincere question of what people should eat for their dinner. As omnivores, the most indiscriminate eaters, humans are confronted with a broad range of food choices, resulting in a problem. Pollan hinted that, before transportation machineries and modern food preservation, this specific problem was solved mainly through cultural influences. These technologies have restored the problem, by making available foods that were beforehand periodic or territorial. The relationship between
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