The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know about Food Is Wrong (Hardcover) by Dr. Barry Glassner

from klburnside

this book reminds me of his other book, the culture of fear, as well as freakonomics and other books that question conventional wisdom, and don't really make any strong conclusions. i found the sections on restaurants to be boring, but other than that it was interesting. i liked his points about ...

from name99

An interesting discussion of the US' obsession with food; at the high end with ultra-expensive restaurants, at the low-end with claims of how fast food is responsible for every ill in modern America, and in between with the various bizarre claims of "scientists have proved" everything and anythin...

from gwendolyndawson

A disjointed account of various aspects of the American diet. Certain parts of the book are interesting and fresh--I enjoyed the accounts about eating at fabulous restaurants and the parts encouraging us to enjoy food. Other parts seemed well-worn and out of place (like some of the diet and nutri...