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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual [Paperback]

Michael Pollan
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Book Description

27 May 2010

In sixty-four bite-sized pieces of advice, Michael Pollan's Food Rules tells you everything you need to know to eat healthily, dine happily and live well.

Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.

Using those seven simple words as his guide, internationally-acclaimed food journalist Michael Pollan offers this indispensable handbook for anyone concerned about health and food. Sensible, easy to use and written in plain English, Food Rules is a set of memorable adages or designed to help you eat real food in reasonable amounts, gathered from a wide variety of sources: nutritionists, anthropologists, ancient cultures - and grandmothers.

Whether at the supermarket, a restaurant or an all-you-can-eat buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect manual for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat.

'In more than four decades I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than these principles'

The New York Times

'Instantly makes redundant all diet books and 99 per cent of discussions around healthy eating ... Sense, at last'
   Daily Mail, praise for In Defence of Food

'Pollan invites us to grab our pots and pans and cook some real food for dinner'
   Time Out, praise for In Defence of Food

'Read this witty book for a healthier life and diet'
   The Times, praise for In Defence of Food

Michael Pollan has been writing for over twenty years about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. The Omnivore's Dilemma, about the ethics and ecology of eating, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire, A Place of My Own and Second Nature and, most recently, In Defence of Food.


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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual + In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating: An Eater's Manifesto + The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World (reissued)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (27 May 2010)
  • Language: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 0141048689
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141048680
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 0.9 x 18.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Instantly makes redundant all diet books and 99 per cent of discussions around healthy eating . . . Sense, at last (praise for In Defence of Food, Daily Mail )

Pollan invites us to grab our pots and pans and cook some real food for dinner (praise for In Defence of Food, Time Out )

Read this witty book for a healthier life and diet (praise for In Defence of Food, The Times )

In more than four decades I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than these principles (Jane E. Brody The New York Times )

About the Author

For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. The Omnivore's Dilemma, about the ethics and ecology of eating, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire, A Place of My Own and Second Nature and, most recently, In Defence of Food.


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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilariously good advice 19 July 2010
By Ceiteag
Format:Paperback
A previous reviewer refered to 'Food rules' as a dumbed down re-write of Pollan's 'In defence of food', questioning why anyone would buy the adridged version. Well I bought it to pass the time on a train, and it made me laugh out loud all the way to Bristol. It's packed full of witty aphorisms that will transform your shopping habits overnight. Now, whenever I go shopping I have Pollan's 'food rules' ringing in my ears. If I have an impulse to buy junk food, I just recall that I should 'avoid food products that make health claims', or not 'eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food'. Even though I was already aware of many of the issues that he covers, this really does help me make better choices about my eating.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Short but Sweet 27 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback
Food Rules by Michael Pollan is a great book. It is short, and easy and quick to read. Every teenager and every adult in Britain should own it and read it. It should be part of the curriculum. Probably you know quite a lot of this food wisdom already, but this book crystallizes it all, in simple rules. Your grandmother will be saying "I told you so."

Michael and the book are both American, but the Americanisms don't get in the way of the message.

The low price of this book is a reflection of its size, not its value. You will definitely not regret buying this book. Buy two and give one to someone you love. If you are a teacher, buy every student in your class their own copy.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A good beginners' guide 5 July 2010
Format:Paperback
This book is in essence a summary of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food." It offers no new conclusions, but what does one do passionate enough about a subject? One tries to drive the message home, time and again, hoping to reach each and everyone of us; the scientifically minded, the health conscious, those "too busy" to read through 400+ pages. Different people have different priorities, and what's right for one isn't right for everyone. I still recommend "Food Rules" to those who want a "lite" introduction into Michael Pollan.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars concise but wise words.
In a nutshell, this book contains summarised pointers towards eating a healthy natural diet and avoiding the multi-billion dollar industry that food manufacture has become. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Zad
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book
Great book going to give this to my daughter to read she has two children and I want her to stop giving them sugary cereal. Because I am mum she thinks I am just getting on at her. Read more
Published 28 days ago by c
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic book
Easy to follow, logical book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be educated about eating the correct way.
Published 1 month ago by joan
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book: short, entertaining and with the feel of truth
Don't eat anything your great-grandmother would not recognise as food, says Michael Pollan in his new, cheap book called Food Rules An Eater's Manual. Read more
Published 4 months ago by NIckShanagher
3.0 out of 5 stars Food rules by Michael Pollan
This is an interesting little book with easy to read information about how to eat healthily. Makes a good coffee table read - leave it lying on your coffee table and people will... Read more
Published 7 months ago by S Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great little book!
Food Rules came highly recommended by a nutritionist at the Penny Brohn Cancer Centre in Bristol. It is a great little book because Michael Pollan demystifies the whole subject of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Virginia Kidd
4.0 out of 5 stars 7-word Manifesto
Not so much a book, more a manifesto. 64 principles to guide our relationship with food - some synthesized from in-depth research (see Pollan's "In Defence of Food"), some a... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Parthurbook
3.0 out of 5 stars Buy 'In Defense of Food' instead
This book doesn't say much that the far better 'In Defense of Food' hasn't already. I bought it to compare but really needn't have bothered.
Published 8 months ago by Miss A L Lewis
2.0 out of 5 stars Little to it
There's not much to this. A very quick and superficial piece of work. Would make a decent magazine article or light Sunday newspaper feature. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mark Hill
4.0 out of 5 stars Easy rules for everyone
Good food is not difficult, and Pollan here makes it even easier to distinguish between the good and the bad. A manual for everyone.
Published 18 months ago by E. Skaug
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