Pandora's Lunchbox by Melanie Warner
In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma comes an "indispensable," (New York Newsday) fascinating, and cutting-edge look from the author of The Magic Feather Effect at the scary truth about what really goes into our food.If a piece of individually wrapped cheese can retain its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed to our children?
Former New York Times business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that took her to research labs, university food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening--and sometimes disturbing--account of what we're really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest, most abundant, most addictive, and most nutritionally inferior food in the world, and she uncovers startling evidence about the profound health implications of the packaged and fast foods that we eat on a daily basis.
Combining meticulous research, vivid writing, and cultural analysis, Warner blows the lid off the largely undocumented--and lightly regulated--world of chemically treated and processed foods and lays bare the potential price we may pay for consuming even so-called healthy foods.
Melanie Warner is a freelance writer who has contributed to the New York Times and Fast Company, among other publications. She has spent the last fifteen years writing about business, first at Fortune magazine, where she covered the dot-com boom in Silicon Valley, among other topics. She was also a New York Times staff reporter who covered the food business. She lives in Honolulu and is the author of The Magic Feather Effect and Pandora's Lunchbox.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781451666748 |
| ISBN 10 | 1451666748 |
| Title | Pandora's Lunchbox |
| Author | Melanie Warner |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2014-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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