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A wildly engaging, deeply unsettling journey behind the sliding doors of the modern supermarket that will permanently change how you look at a shelf of condiments. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Secret Life of Groceries.
- eye-opening
- unsettling
- bustling
- sobering
- 01
Cheap
Ellen Ruppel Shell
A sobering, eye-opening journey into the hidden psychological and economic toll of our addiction to a bargain.
- 02
Salt Sugar Fat
Michael Moss
A gripping, unsettling peek behind the grocery store aisles that will permanently change how you look at a brightly colored box of snacks.
- 03
Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
A gripping, stomach-churning journey behind the counter of America's most ubiquitous industry.
- 04
The Everything Store
Brad Stone
A gripping, fly-on-the-wall plunge into the relentless engine room of modern retail's most formidable empire.
- 05
Eating animals
Jonathan Safran Foer
An urgent, deeply personal reckoning with the stories we tell ourselves about the food on our plates.
- 06
The Attention Merchants
Tim Wu
A revelatory, slightly unsettling journey through the history of how our focus became the world's most valuable commodity.
- 07
Omnivore's Dilemma. A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan · 2006
An eye-opening, dirt-under-the-fingernails journey tracing the hidden paths our food takes before it reaches the plate.
- 08
Extra virginity
Tom Mueller
A fascinating, globe-trotting investigation that pours over the sacred history of a culinary staple before plunging into the murky, corrupt underworld of modern food fraud.
- 09
Cooked
Michael Pollan
A sensory, philosophical journey into the kitchen that transforms the everyday act of cooking into elemental magic.
- 10
The Dorito effect
Mark Schatzker
A fascinating, slightly unsettling deep dive into how the modern food industry hijacked our taste buds and broke our biological compass.
- 11
The end of overeating
David A. Kessler · 2009
An eye-opening investigation into the science of appetite and the hidden forces that drive our cravings.
- 12
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
Jennifer 8. Lee · 2009
A globe-trotting, mouth-watering investigation into the hidden history and immigrant hustle behind America's favorite takeout.
