Topic: Michael Pollan

Teasing out the truth about wool and data

A verb with ancient roots turns out to be surprisingly useful to refer to making sense of tangled masses of information.

A feast of foodie films

Sit back and digest the holidays with these favorite culinary flicks.

Bestselling books the week of 12/1/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Reader recommendation: Food Rules

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

April Fools recipe: Mock apple pie

April Fool your friends and family with an 'apple' pie made with Ritz crackers.

Bestselling books the week of 1/27/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Food safety bill 101: What are the facts and myths?

The Food Safety Modernization Act has riled everyone from liberal 'locavores' to conservative tea party groups. Here's a rundown of what's really in the Senate bill.

Self-sowing annual flowers

Some annual flowers do the work and seed themselves, creating a self-sown garden..

Bestselling books the week of 9/23/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 9/16/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

• Published Thursday, September 16, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 12, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

Bestselling books the week of 9/9/10, according to IndieBound*

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Bestselling books the week of 9/2/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 8/26/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Five books to read after checking the egg recall list

Here are five books that help to place the egg recall in context.

Bestelling books the week of 8/19/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 8/12/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 8/5/10 according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 7/29/10 according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 7/22/10 according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 7/15/10 according to IndieBound*

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Bestselling books the week of 7/8/10 according to IndieBound*

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Bestselling books the week of 7/1/10 according to IndieBound*

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97 Orchard

How cuisine and culture collaborated to cook up an American identity.

Michael Pollan as secretary of Agriculture?

Food writer Michael Pollan has already changed the way many of us eat. Does that mean he should go to Washington?

Bestselling books the week of 6/24/10 according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.