这是一本《纽约时报》畅销书。这本颇具革命意义的书改变了读者对饮食生态学的看法。金牌作家迈克尔·波伦向我们提出一个看似简单的问题：饭桌上应该吃什么？通过追溯食物链从挑选食材到端上饭桌的全过程——包括工业、有机、替代品、加工品，作者向我们描绘了一幅美国式饮食的肖像。该书提出一个让人吃惊的发现——饥饿塑造了人类进化，也谈到食物选择对人类健康乃至地球未来的深远影响。
A New York Times bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain uswhether industrial or organic, alternative or processedhe develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.