'As soon as it was published the Omnivore's Dilemma entered the canon of food literature. It is a foundational text. It allowed us to re-understand food, and reclaim it as a complex substance with cultural, political, ecological, and moral dimensions, rather than being merely the sum of its nutritional parts. Pollan invited us to pose, and gave us the language to answer, one of most important questions since life began eating, billions of years ago: What should we have for dinner?'

Chris van Tulleken

'Beautifully written and shocking investigation of what slips into the swelling American stomach ... entertaining and eloquent'

Daily Telegraph

'This is one of the most thought-provoking books I've read in a while ... After you read this book there will be things you don't want to eat, ever again ... An honest, brilliant, troubling book. I recommend it to anyone'

Evening Standard

'Convivial, creative and deeply disturbing, though he does offer hope ... it has certainly changed the way I think about food'

Audrey Niffenegger, Guardian

'On our we-need-to-know-this reading list ... a patient investigation of his nation's calorie industries'

Mail on Sunday