Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan · 2007
88/100
👍 Worth It
One of the most influential food books of the last twenty years, and it earns that status — Pollan's four-meal structure is genuinely brilliant, the reporting is deep, and the prose is James Beard Award-winning accessible. Critics have valid points about economic blind spots and policy oversimplification, but this is a book that changed how millions of people think about what they eat, and it holds up.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety90
substance90
craft88
originality88
accuracy82
hype78
age-fit85
human-eye92
Penny’s verdict88
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