brandon_w wrote:Unlike, GardenofEatin, I am really enjoying The Omnivore's Dilemma. I find the information about corn and the scientific/technical aspects of things to be interesting. However I would not recommend it to just anyone, and can see how people would find it boring, or sleep inducing if read right before bed.

I got Omnivore's Dilemma on DVDs from the library, and I listened to the book twice while driving to and from Wisconsin over a period of a month -- I got to the last disc and started over from the beginning. I enjoyed it quite a bit, though I can see how it might be tough to actually read the damn thing.

David Hammond wrote:I got Omnivore's Dilemma on DVDs from the library, and I listened to the book twice while driving to and from Wisconsin over a period of a month -- I got to the last disc and started over from the beginning. I enjoyed it quite a bit, though I can see how it might be tough to actually read the damn thing.

Interesting, because I had actually been thinking about getting it on Audible for listening to on my iPod. I can usually get through stuff on there a little more easily than I can just by reading because it's a bit more passive. Perhaps I'll give it a try that way.

I'm not understanding it, because I normally love stuff like that--I'm a non-fiction kind of girl, and food sources are always appealing, but corn sex just seems dull as dirt.

"corn sex just seems dull as dirt" is begging for an LTH subheader

Hey all...I'm bumping this thread because I'm currently in the middle of Julia Child's "My Life In France" and I can't recommend it enough. It's the perfect antidote to the winter blahs because despite it being written mostly by her nephew from interviews, notes and other pieces of her history, it practically breathes Julia's enthusiasm and good attitude throughout. Plus it's just darn interesting -- the whole period of time she was in France, all the changes that were taking place there and her love affair with cooking and food -- it completely has taken me over. Makes me want to get out my Mastering the Art and consume it!

So...if you're looking for a fun book for the holidays -- I seriously recommend you check this out (although I suspect many of you have already read this).

And truthfully -- that woman must have not thrown away anything. She wrote down what she ate at practically every meal she had. And it all sounds fantastic.

Cheers!

shannon