Actually I think Omnivore's Dilemma was one of the best books I've ever read. Head to head I would recommend it over this book. In fact the author states as much. He said the Omnivore's Dilemma, which was voted one of the Top 5 Books of 2007, had one consistent complaint: "That it was full of problem but didn't offer any solution." --That's why he followed it up with In Defense of Food to give us an idea of what we can do. I bet if you read it, you would find a way to cut your dependence to processed corn. Hell look at the price of anything to do with corn is skyrocketing. We created our own monster --spent decades coming up with new ways to use excess corn until we created such a dependence on it --now we can't make enough of it.
The book report idea is good I think. I like it. What's the next step?
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I have not read Omnivore's Dilemma, but found this book to be entertaining - albeit a bit disturbing.
You don't realize how bad everything to eat is until you read a book like this and then walk down the cereal aisle and see 'Heart Healthy' "Great Source of Fiber' and then look at the 30 ingredients to only discover that it is all corn based.
I have changed our bread eating. We have a bakery up the street and now buy all our bread there - 4 ingredients - perfect.
It is hard to change the way you eat. I feel lucky to live in Portland since there is so much 'green' thinking, farmer's markets, etc. that is makes it easier to actually make changes to your diet. I have been in Phoenix for a week now and I think it would be damn near impossible to do so here.
It was a good read and has sparked some conversations with other people, which a good book should do.
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