Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma"

Maintenance Phase

How a liberal journalist entrenched a libertarian fantasy.

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  • Governing food: Media, politics and pleasure
  • Michael Pollan's Misguided Food Nostalgia 
  • A Plea for Culinary Modernism
  • The French Terroir Strategy, and Culinary Modernism
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