Michael Pollan
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real."...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"La innovadora creación culinaria de la chef Samin refleja una ambiciosa manera de concebir la cocina. En esta obra, una auténtica master class para todo tipo de lectores, la autora revela su sencilla pero revolucionaria flosofía basada en décadas de experiencia, que resume de la siguiente manera: para que todo lo que cocines quede delicioso tienes que hacer buen uso de tan solo cuatro elementos. Y esos elementos son la SAL, que realza el...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive. Includes the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists, and philosophers from around the world. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pomological Watercolor Collection contains 7,584 watercolor paintings of cultivated fruit and nut varieties, alongside speciments gathered around the world and introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were painted by twenty-one professional artists (including ten women) employed by the USDA between 1886 and 1942. Produced...
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