Michael Pollan: Botany of Desire, the
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Author: Michael Pollan
Number of Pages: 304 pages
Published Date: 01 Jul 2002
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780375760396
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The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the"New York Times"bestselling author of"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?"