Book Discussion: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Name: Book Discussion: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Start: 2026-01-21T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 234 Kensington Rd, Berlin, CT, United States, Connecticut 06037

Schedule

Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

234 Kensington Rd, Berlin, CT, United States, Connecticut 06037 | Berlin, CT

Please register through the library's website: https://berlinpeck.org/events/book-discussion-the-omnivores-dilemma-wednesday/
Join us to discuss The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan.
This OBOB book discussion will happen twice. Pick whichever date works best for you!
Saturday, January 17 — 10:30 to 11:30 am
Wednesday, January 21 — 6:00 to 7:00 pm
One Book One Berlin is a collaboration between the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, Berlin town departments, local organizations—and you! Our purpose is to bring the community together to promote reading, discuss ideas, and break down barriers between people.
About the Book
In this groundbreaking book, one of America’s most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us—industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves—from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. His absorbing narrative takes us from Iowa cornfields to food-science laboratories, from feedlots and fast-food restaurants to organic farms and hunting grounds, always emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the handful of plant and animal species we depend on.Each time Pollan sits down to a meal, he deploys his unique blend of personal and investigative journalism to trace the origins of everything consumed, revealing what we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods and flavors reflects our evolutionary inheritance.