What to eat now : the indispensable guide to good food, how to find it, and why it matters / Marion Nestle.
What to Eat Now is a clear-eyed, no-nonsense guide to the most important food questions on our plate today. How do we make informed dietary choices for ourselves, our families, and our communities? In the twenty years since Marion Nestle's groundbreaking What to Eat first came out, food has undergone a radical change. The emergence of techno foods, the growth of corporate organics, and a surge of interest in food-delivery services reignited by the pandemic are just a few of the things that have altered how we think about how we eat. The typical American supermarket carries more than thirty thousand products. How do you choose? Misinformation, disinformation, and corporate misdirection play a crucial and hard-to-see role in how the average shopper thinks about and chooses food. In an aisle-by-aisle guide, Nestle, America's preeminent nutritionist and a founding figure in American food studies, takes us through the American supermarket. With persistence, wit, and common sense, she establishes the basics of good nutrition, food safety, and ethical and sustainable eating, and gives readers a close-up look at the web of interests--from supermarket slotting policies to multinational food corporations to lobbying groups--that food has to navigate before it gets to your shopping basket. Above all else, What to Eat Now is a defense of real food and of the value of eating deliciously, mindfully, and responsibly.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374608699
- ISBN: 0374608695
- Physical Description: ix, 703 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "An earlier version of this book was originally published, in different form, in 2006 by North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, as What to Eat."--Title page verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-672) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- The basics -- The beverage aisles -- The produce section -- The meat section -- The fish counter -- The dairy section -- The egg section -- The center aisles: lightly processed -- The center aisles: processed culinary ingredients -- The center aisles: ultra-processed -- The special sections: kids and pets -- The special sections: evolving trends -- Conclusion: taking action.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 613.2 NES (Text) | 37810435637813 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
