Reviews
David Denby, New Yorker Those of us who avoid junk food, with many sighs of relief and self-approval, may still be eating junk a good deal of the time. This enraging fact, which will not surprise anyone who has read such muckraking books as Eric Schlossers Fast Food Nation (2001) and Michael Pollans The Omnivores Dilemma (2006), is one of the discomforting meanings of the powerful new documentary Food, Inc., an angry blast of disgust aimed at the American food industry. The American Conservative If you care about what youre eating, you should see the new documentary Food Inc. Takepart.com Most of you have probably heard about Food, Inc. , the movie, but did you also know theres a companion book to the film? The book explores the challenges raised by the movie in fascinating depth through 13 essays, most of them written especially for this book, and many by experts featured in the film. Highlights include chapters by Michael Pollan ( Omnivores Dilemma and In Defense of Food ), Anna Lappe ( Hopes Edge and Grub ), Eric Schlosser ( Fast Food Nation and film co-producer), Robert Kenner (film director), and a chapter on asking the right questions from Sustainable Table! The book is so popular its already in its fourth printing., David Denby, New Yorker "Those of us who avoid junk food, with many sighs of relief and self-approval, may still be eating junk a good deal of the time. This enraging fact, which will not surprise anyone who has read such muckraking books as Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" (2001) and Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" (2006), is one of the discomforting meanings of the powerful new documentary "Food, Inc.," an angry blast of disgust aimed at the American food industry." The American Conservative "If you care about what you're eating, you should see the new documentary Food Inc." Takepart.com "Most of you have probably heard about Food, Inc. , the movie, but did you also know there's a companion book to the film? The book explores the challenges raised by the movie in fascinating depth through 13 essays, most of them written especially for this book, and many by experts featured in the film. Highlights include chapters by Michael Pollan ( Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food ), Anna Lappe ( Hope's Edge and Grub ), Eric Schlosser ( Fast Food Nation and film co-producer), Robert Kenner (film director), and a chapter on asking the right questions from Sustainable Table! The book is so popular it's already in its fourth printing.", David Denby,New Yorker "Those of us who avoid junk food, with many sighs of relief and self-approval, may still be eating junk a good deal of the time. This enraging fact, which will not surprise anyone who has read such muckraking books as Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" (2001) and Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" (2006), is one of the discomforting meanings of the powerful new documentary "Food, Inc.," an angry blast of disgust aimed at the American food industry."The American Conservative "If you care about what you're eating, you should see the new documentary Food Inc."Takepart.com "Most of you have probably heard aboutFood, Inc., the movie, but did you also know there's a companion book to the film? The book explores the challenges raised by the movie in fascinating depth through 13 essays, most of them written especially for this book, and many by experts featured in the film. Highlights include chapters by Michael Pollan (Omnivore's DilemmaandIn Defense of Food), Anna Lappe (Hope's EdgeandGrub), Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nationand film co-producer), Robert Kenner (film director), and a chapter on asking the right questions from Sustainable Table! The book is so popular it's already in its fourth printing."
