Honors Reading Assignment 1

I chose to read The Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan for my honors assignment.


Michael Pollan was born on Long Island, New York. He recieved his B.A. in English at Bennington College and his M.A. in English at Columbia University. He has written 6 books total, and three of them: Second Nature, A Place of My Own, and The Botany of Desire were New York Times bestsellers received book of the year by Borders, Amazon, and the American Booksellers Association. His books have a common theme of health choices, and nutrition in the American diet. The purpose of this is enlighten American's of the health risk they face everyday, and the more ecological/health beneficial choices we can make at the dinner table. Therefore, I do believe he posses the credentials to inform the reader about these topics. Michael Pollan writes for the New York Times Magazine. He currently teaches journalism at the University of California-Berkley.