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Books

Pollan, Michael. Omnivore's Dilemma

Kurlansky, Mark. Cod and Salt and Choice Cuts

Bourdain, Anthony. Kitchen Confidential

Schwartz, Barry. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation

Nestle, Marion. What to Eat

Cambell, T. Colin. The China Study

Oz, Mehmet. You, Weight Management

Hyman, Mark. UltraMetabolism

Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio. Hungry Planet: What The World Eats

Articles

• Michael Pollan's article, Unhappy Meals, in the NYTimes - "the social costs of fast food are estimated at more than $200 billion a year in diet-related health-care costs"

Web Resources

• The New Mainstream Food and Farming System: A Vivid Picture of California’s Food System in 2030
• Bigsanford's Yelp reviews
• USDA Economic Research Service - Weighing In On Obesity issue
• US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Services Home A great resource for articles and research on Americans, food, and the economics of food distribution.
• Change the way people eat on 43things 
• Look up nutrition data for a many ingredients and even some restaurant items/products
• John Walker's The Hacker's Diet
• Urbanspoon

Film

• __The Future of Food__ Deborah Koons Garcia
• In We Feed the World, Austrian filmmaker Erwin Wagenhofer traces the origins of the food we eat.

Del.icio.us

Bigsanford's Food tag

Other (or start a new category)

Doors of Perception 9: Juice - A unique gathering of global design experts meets in New Delhi, India, on 2, 3 March 2007 to consider solutions to the growing crisis concerning food and energy.

Blogs

• Culiblog
• TastyThinking.com
• Cornichon