Know your Food Rules?

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
by Michael Pollan

From the bestselling author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food" comes this collection of simple, sensible, and easy to use rules--the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food he or she eats.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan

Pollan writes about the ecology of the food humans eat and why--what it is, in fact, that we are eating. Discussing industrial farming, organic food, and what it is like to hunt and gather food, this is a surprisingly honest and self-aware account of the evolution of the modern diet.

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan

From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that can enrich their lives and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy.

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Michael Pollan

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: the bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes. In "The Botany of Desire, " Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship.

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
by Michael Pollan

"As delicious a meditation on one man's relationships with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon" ("The New York Times Book Review"), "Second Nature" captures the rhythms of everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation.

A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams
by Michael Pollan

The author of the acclaimed bestseller "Second Nature" turns his sharp insight to the craft of building, as he recounts the process of designing and constructing a small one-room structure on his rural Connecticut property.