1. What Is Food?Michael Pollan, Eat Food: Food DefinedEric Schlosser, Why the Fries Taste So GoodJill McCorkle, Her Chee-to HeartCamille Kingsolver, Taking Local On the RoadLily Wong, Eating the HyphenAmy Cyrex Sins, Doberge Cake after KatrinaJordan Shapiro, The Eco-Gastronomic Mirror: Narcissism and Death at the Dinner Table2. What Is The Purpose of Food? Wendell Berry, The Pleasures of EatingMarion Nestle, Eating Made SimpleBryant Terry, Reclaiming True GritsMasanobu Fukuoka, Living by Bread AlonePeter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio, What the World EatsErica Strauss, Zombies vs. The Joy of Canning Idov, Michael. When Did Young People Start Spending 25% of Their Paychecks on Pickled Lamb’s Tongues? 3. What Determines What We Eat?United States Department of Agriculture, Food Pyramid and Food Plate Nutritional Guidelines Michelle Obama, Michelle. Excerpt from American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across AmericaBrian Wansink and Collin R. Payne, The Joy of Cooking Too Much: 70 Years of Calorie Increases in Classic RecipesJames Surowiecki, Downsizing Supersize Dhruv Khullar, Why Shame Won’t Stop ObesityDonald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Monsanto’s Harvest of FearVandana Shiva, Soy Imperialism and the Destruction of Local Food CulturesGary Paul Nabhan, A Brief History of Cross-Border Food Trade4. What Does It Mean to Eat Ethically?Margaret Mead, The Changing Significance of Food Peter Singer, Equality for AnimalsBarbara Kingsolver, You Can’t Run Away on Harvest DayGary Steiner, Animal, Vegetable, MiserableBill McKibben, The Only Way to Have a CowBlake Hurst, The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectualsSally Kohn, Do Foodies Care about Workers?5. What Is The Future of Food? Prince Charles of Wales, On the Future of FoodDavid Biello, Will Organic Food Fail to Feed the World?Eliot Coleman, Beyond OrganicRobert Paarlberg, Attention Whole Foods ShoppersFrances Moore Lappé, Biotechnology Isn’t the Key to Feeding the WorldNatasha Bowens, Brightening Up the Dark Farming History of the Sunshine StateJennifer Cockrall-King, Chicago: The Vertical Farm