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If a piece of individually wrapped cheese can retain its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed to our children?andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Former andlt;I andgt;New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt; business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that took her to research labs, university food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-openingand#8212;and sometimes disturbingand#8212;account of what weand#8217;re really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest, most abundant, most addictive, and most nutritionally inferior food in the world, and she uncovers startling evidence about the profound health implications of the packaged and fast foods that we eat on a daily basis.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Combining meticulous research, vivid writing, and cultural analysis, Warner blows the lid off the largely undocumentedand#8212;and lightly regulatedand#8212;world of chemically treated and processed foods and lays bare the potential price we may pay for consuming even so-called healthy foods.
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andlt;divandgt;"Indispensable."andlt;/divandgt;
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and#8220;So much fun that you might forget how depressing it all isand#8230; There are more Holy Cow! moments here than even someone who thinks he or she knows whatand#8217;s going on in food production could predict.and#8221;
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and#8220;In Pandoraand#8217;s Lunchbox, Melanie Warner has produced an engaging account of how todayand#8217;s and#8216;food processing industrial complexand#8217; replaced real foods with the inventions of food science. Her history of how this happened and who benefits from these inventions should be enough to inspire everyone to get back into the kitchen and start cooking.and#8221;
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"Pandora's Lunchbox is a brilliant and fascinating exploration of how our food gets processed, its powerful effects on our health, and what we can do about it. Highly recommended!"
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"Melanie Warner is a journalist of keen skill, and in Pandora's Lunchbox she pries the lid off well-packaged secrets about how our so-called food is made. The resulting bounty of insights and revelations is almost overwhelming. This is a book of stunning, at times shocking truths, told in a crisp, compelling narrative. Of profound importance for everyone who eats."
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and#8220;Warner pulls back the curtain to reveal the industry secrets of how our most basic staples are being transformed into processed foodstuffs to boost profits. We get an (un)healthy dose of hexane-extraction, gun puffing and roast chicken type flavor, but like the best investigative journalists, she uses the personal stories of food scientists, innovators, and crusaders not to mention her own home experiments, to show why youand#8217;ll want to think twice before hitting the drive-thru or reaching for that and#8216;health bar.and#8217;and#8221;
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and#8220;In the tradition of andlt;Iandgt;Fast Food Nation andlt;/Iandgt;and andlt;Iandgt;The Omnivoreand#8217;s Dilemma andlt;/Iandgt;is a fascinating and cutting-edge look at the scary truth about what really goes into our food.and#8221;
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andlt;divandgt;"A gripping exposand#233;."andlt;/divandgt;
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andlt;divandgt;"Fascinating."andlt;/divandgt;
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"Indispensable."
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"Pandora's Lunchbox is a brilliant and fascinating exploration of how our food gets processed, its powerful effects on our health, and what we can do about it. Highly recommended!" Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and coauthor of Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics
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"A gripping exposé." Publishers Weekly
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"Fascinating." Wall Street Journal
Synopsis
In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma comes an "indispensable," (New York Newsday) fascinating, and cutting-edge look at the scary truth about what really goes into our food.
If a piece of individually wrapped cheese can retain its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed to our children?
Former New York Times business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that took her to research labs, university food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening--and sometimes disturbing--account of what we're really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest, most abundant, most addictive, and most nutritionally inferior food in the world, and she uncovers startling evidence about the profound health implications of the packaged and fast foods that we eat on a daily basis.
Combining meticulous research, vivid writing, and cultural analysis, Warner blows the lid off the largely undocumented--and lightly regulated--world of chemically treated and processed foods and lays bare the potential price we may pay for consuming even so-called healthy foods.
Synopsis
In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma comes an "indispensable," (New York Newsday) fascinating, and cutting-edge look from the author of The Magic Feather Effect at the scary truth about what really goes into our food. If a piece of individually wrapped cheese can retain its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed to our children?
Former New York Times business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that took her to research labs, university food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening--and sometimes disturbing--account of what we're really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest, most abundant, most addictive, and most nutritionally inferior food in the world, and she uncovers startling evidence about the profound health implications of the packaged and fast foods that we eat on a daily basis.
Combining meticulous research, vivid writing, and cultural analysis, Warner blows the lid off the largely undocumented--and lightly regulated--world of chemically treated and processed foods and lays bare the potential price we may pay for consuming even so-called healthy foods.
About the Author
Melanie Warner is a freelance writer for various publications, including andlt;iandgt;The New York Timesandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Fast Companyandlt;/iandgt;, and CBSnews.com. She has spent the past fifteen years writing about business. For two years, she was a staff reporter for andlt;iandgt;The New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; covering the food industry. Before that, she spent seven years as a writer at andlt;iandgt;Fortuneandlt;/iandgt; magazine, where among other things, she wrote about the dot com boom in Silicon Valley.andnbsp;She lives in Colorado with her husband and two young boys.