Penguin Books Australia

EATING ANIMALS

Is a uniquely passionate, powerful and provocative exploration of what we eat, and why, by the bestselling author of Everything is Illuminated and E xtremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual , by Michael Pollan, internationally bestselling author of In Defence of Food .

For thousands of years, humans have eaten well and stayed healthy without nutritional scientists or even knowing what an antioxidant is.

So which of the modern world's hundreds of rules do we actually need?

Eat Food,
Not too much,
Mainly plants.

'Eat food.   Not too much.   Mostly plants'

A timely and powerful investigation of the food choices we make every day.

These days most people want to live as lightly as possible on our precious planet. What we choose to eat is a very basic decision, yet it has huge implications - for the sustainability of species, for the quality of the environment, for both human and animal rights and for the world's climate. And when we take the time to scrutinise...

'David A. Kessler, who led the battle against the tobacco industry, now joins the fight against obesity. His message is important: the problem is not only the behaviour of profit-driven food companies, but also the daily choices that each one of us makes' Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation

Many of us find ourselves powerless in front of a bag of crisps, a packet of biscuits, the last slice...

Did you know that the Cornish pasty was developed to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt?  Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and what did some retired crusaders have to do with French toast? What dish was invented by Greek bandits on the run?...

When Paula Butturini's husband was shot and nearly killed, it marked the abrupt end of what the couple had known together and the beginning of a phase of life neither had planned for.

A story of food and love, trauma and healing, Keeping the Feast is the triumphant memoir of one couple's nourishment and restoration after a period of tragedy, and the extraordinary sustaining powers of food, family...

The delicious life of one of the most beloved figures in twentiethcentury American culture.  Soon to be played by Meryl Streep in a major motion picture

What do you do when you wake up and realise that your life has been an empty pursuit of the superficial and the trend-driven? That your identity and value systems are based upon a brand hierarchy of your own creation?

You take a stand. You burn them. Burn them all!

On 17th September 2006, in Finsbury Square, East London, Neil Boorman did just that. The ones that wouldn't burn, or that he couldn't burn...

A timely and powerful investigation of the food choices we make every day.

These days most people want to live as lightly as possible on our precious planet. What we choose to eat is a very basic decision, yet it has huge implications - for the sustainability of species, for the quality of the environment, for both human and animal rights and for the world's climate. And when we take the time to scrutinise...

The new edition is bursting with the latest, up-to-date information about Perth's fresh food scene.  With lots of new entries this fabulous little guide book steers you to the small independent food shops and markets where you'll find the highest quality, fresh, local and seasonal produce.

' . . . a goldmine of information'
The Weekend Australian

'I have already stowed the review copy in my bag...