The Way We Eat Now: How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World

An award-winning food writer takes us on a global tour of what the world eats--and shows us how we can change it for the better
Food is one of life's great joys. So why has eating become such a source of anxiety and confusion?
Bee Wilson shows that in two generations the world has undergone a massive shift from traditional, limited diets to more globalized ways of eating, from bubble tea to quinoa, from Soylent to meal kits.
Paradoxically, our diets are getting healthier and less healthy at the same time. For some, there has never been a happier food era than today: a time of unusual herbs, farmers' markets, and internet recipe swaps. Yet modern food also kills--diabetes and heart disease are on the rise everywhere on earth.
This is a book about the good, the terrible, and the avocado toast. A riveting exploration of the hidden forces behind what we eat, The Way We Eat Now explains how this food revolution has transformed our bodies, our social lives, and the world we live in.

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• The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
• This Is Not a Diet Book: A User’s Guide to Eating Well
• Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
• Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America (Histories of Economic Life)
• Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat
• First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
• The Way We Eat Now
• Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
• Maggie Brown & Others: Stories