Best two reviews:
1) The Times - If readers are hoping for an easily digestible snapshot of our relationship with food, they will be disappointed. As the extensive bibliography and list of references at the back demonstrates, this is more of a scholarly work and you have to put in the hours to winkle out the many intriguing nuggets. The epilogue...has the feeling of having been bolted on. Nevertheless, there is an intellectual generosity to her writing ... (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
2) The Washington Post - ...astute, wide-ranging ... What Wilson brings to the table is a big-picture global synthesis ... Wilson brings bountiful sources to her economic, sociological and medical brain food. And she makes it surprisingly palatable through her self-deprecating humor, relatable recollections of her own binge-eating and colorful globe-trotting examples ... She writes like the busy mom that she is, caught up as we all are in the whirlwind schedules and demands of modern life. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >