Michael Pollan has become a writer of distinction in two ways. His writing is held in high esteem with numerous awards to its credit, and his distinct and specialized focus on food writing has made him an expert in the field (or as Stephen Colbert put it in an interview in 2013 when Pollan released Cooking: A Natural History of Transformation – “Michael, I think you have a food-book problem). Pollan’s breakthrough food manifesto, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, came out in 2006 and needs no further accolades after receiving numerous awards, including the prestigious James Beard Award and a nod as one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year. Since then, Pollan has written In Defense of Food: An Eater‘s Manifesto, a continuation of his food studies, as well as a children’s version of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and, most recently, a thin, instructional guide, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, on putting his philosophies into action at the dinner table. Read more