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In
Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
This
book gives you a guided tour of 20th century food science, a history
of nutrition in America, and a snapshot of the marriage of
government and the food industry. Pollan's educational manifesto
shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will
enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy,
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The
Wordy Shipmates
by Sarah Vowell
Vowell
travels through America's past to seventeenth-century New England.
From the British Library to the Mohegan Sun casino, from the
nation's first synagogue to a Mayflower waterslide, she examines the
Puritan effect and finds their beliefs about church and state are
more interesting than their reputation would suggest.
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My
Life in France
by Julia Child with Alex Prud'Homme
In
her own words, here is the story of Julia Child's years in France,
where she fell in love with French food and found her true calling.
Filled with the black-and-white photographs that her husband Paul
loved to take when he was not battling bureaucrats, as well as
family snapshots, this memoir is laced with stories about the French
character, particularly in the world of food, and the way of life
that Julia embraced so whole-heartedly.
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