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First published in the United States of America by The Penguin Press,

a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2006

Published in Penguin Books 2007

This edition with a new afterword published 2016

Copyright © 2006 by Michael Pollan

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eBook ISBN 9781101147177

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRES S HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Pollan, Michael.

The omnivore’s dilemma : a natural history of four meals / Michael Pollan.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-59420-082-3 (hc.)

ISBN 978-0-14-303858-0 (pbk.)

1. Food habits. 2. Food preferences. I. Title.

GT2850.P65 2006

394.1’2—dc22

2005056557

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Cover design by Darren Haggar