Michael Pollan Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

By the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, this is Michael Pollan's ingenious companion book about the surprising and close relationship between people and plants.

Explores three very different drugs, opium, caffeine and mescaline - and throws the fundamental strangeness of our thinking about them into sharp relief

Chef-kok en schrijver Samin Nosrat heeft op vele niveaus – van professionele chef-koks tot middelbare scholieren – mensen geleerd om te koken volgens haar revolutionaire en tegelijkertijd eenvoudige filosofie. Als je het gebruik van vier elementen onder de knie krijgt, zal alles wat je kookt heerlijk smaken! Zout – verbetert de smaak Vet – zorgt voor smaak en textuur Zuur – brengt balans aan in de smaak Hitte – bepaalt de textuur Samin vertelt over haar reis van culinaire beginneling naar prijswinnend chef-kok, en dicht daarmee het gat tussen thuis en de professionele keuken. Haar charmante verteltrant ontrafelt het geheim van de kookkunst voor iedereen. Het boek bevat een canon van 100 essentiële recepten, met vele variaties. Daarmee kun je de lessen in de praktijk brengen. Tover uitgebalanceerde vinaigrettes op tafel, perfect gekaramelliseerde groenten, hemels zacht stoofvlees, luchtig gebak. Zout, vet, zuur, hitte wordt een kompas in je keuken en is voorbestemd om een regelrechte klassieker te worden.

This investigation delves into the medical and scientific revolution surrounding psychedelic drugs, intertwined with the author's life-changing experiences. Michael Pollan's research into LSD and psilocybin reveals their potential to alleviate conditions like depression, addiction, and anxiety. Initially focused on the therapeutic use of these substances, Pollan's journey becomes deeply personal as he uncovers their benefits not only for the mentally ill but also for those grappling with everyday challenges. He embarks on an exploration of altered states of consciousness, combining firsthand experiences with insights from contemporary brain science and the underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan meticulously examines the historical context, distinguishing fact from myth regarding these drugs, particularly since the backlash that began in the 1960s against a promising field of research. This work elegantly merges science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, representing a triumph of participatory journalism. It offers a captivating account of a journey into a new frontier of understanding the mind, self, and our existence. Ultimately, Pollan's narrative addresses the enduring mystery of human consciousness and how we can navigate a world filled with both suffering and joy to find meaning in our lives.

Wenn Menschen sich das Paradies vorstellen, gleicht es meist einem Garten. Gärten verkörpern Fülle und Fruchtbarkeit, sie sind Orte der Entspannung und der Fantasie. Doch manchmal droht auch hier Ungemach, durchpflügen kleine Nager das so sorgsam geschaffene Idyll, findet der Giersch seinen Weg ins Blumenbeet oder der Frost schaut schon im September vorbei. Mit viel Humor erzählt Michael Pollan aus seinem Leben als Gärtner, von den vielen kleinen Erfolgen und Misserfolgen, von der politischen Dimension des Bäumepflanzens oder Sinn und Unsinn des Rasenmähens. »Meine zweite Natur« ist ein Grenzgänger, eine wunderbare Mischung aus Belletristik, Autobiografie und Kulturgeschichte.

What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer. We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, but deciding what we should eat stirs anxiety. Should we choose the organic apple or the conventional? If organic, local or imported? Wild fish or farmed? Low-carb or low-cal? As the American culture of fast food and unlimited choice invades the world, Pollan follows his next meal from land to table, tracing the origin of everything consumed and the implications for ourselves and our planet. His astonishing findings will shock all who care about what they put on their plate.

Michael Pollan's unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences--whether eating, gardening, or building--and the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre-defining bestsellers The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food . With this updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own , readers can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan's realization of a room of his own--a small, wooden hut, his "shelter for daydreams"--built with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, A Place of My Own not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world. Coming from The Penguin Press in 2013, Michael Pollan’s newest book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation --the story of our most trusted food expert’s culinary education

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defence of Food. Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists- all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion. Indeed, real food is fast disappearing from the marketplace, to be replaced by "nutrients," and plain old eating by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Michael Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives and our palates and enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy.

The first book to reveal the undiscovered jewels of Southeast Asian cuisine.

Recounts the story of the author's culinary education and the roles of the four classical elements of fire, water, air, and earth in transforming natural ingredients into delicious meals and drinks

We are indeed what we eat - and what we eat remakes the world. But we are only just beginning to recognise the profound consequences of the simplest everyday food choices, both for ourselves and for the natural world. The Omnivore's Dilemma is bestselling author Michael Pollan's eye-opening exploration of the American food industry. His astonishing findings will resonate enormously for people everywhere who care about what they put on their plate. The Omnivore's Dilemma brings a fresh perspective to the simple yet momentous question 'What shall we have for dinner?', which is overwhelming for any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the 'omnivore's dilemma'. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance. Dealing with each of the food chains that sustain us (industrialised food, alternative or 'organic' food and food people obtain by dint of their own hunting, gathering or gardening) Pollan follows each food chain through from the ground to sitting down to a meal, tracing the provenance of everything consumed. The Omnivore's Dilemma is an uncompromisingly realised, eloquent, philosophical and absorbing book for anyone who thinks about where their food comes from.

“Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.” —The New York Times “A wry, informed pastoral.” —The New Yorker The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America 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 far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them. So who is really domesticating whom?

Natural Gardening is the invaluable inspiration and resource for every gardener - whether beginner or seasoned enthusiast - who wishes to combine the joys of cultivation with the rewards of attracting wildlife.