![]() ![]() Pollan himself will be featured in the documentary that shows how plants - specifically, the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato - control us as much as we control them. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Botany of Desire with Michael Pollan DVD OOP 2009 PBS Science Natural World at the best. ![]() Now comes the welcome news that PBS, some eight years after The Botany of Desire‘s publication, is turning it into a special narrated by Frances McDormand. Even the most God-fearing Puritan could persuade himself that cider had been given a theological free pass. But the Bible didn’t have a bad word to say about the apple or even the strong drink that could be made from it. ![]() Wine figured in the Eucharist also, the Old Testament warned against the temptations of the grape. “There was an old tradition in northern Europe linking the grape, which flourished all through Latin Christendom, with the corruptions of the Catholic Church, while casting the apple as the wholesome fruit of Prostestantism. Consider this passage on the humble apple and its hard cider: It’s that rare book that combines original thinking and reporting with some sly lyrical humor. The Botany of Desire is still my favorite work by Pollan. Mostly plants.” - he was our tour guide into the complicated relationship between humans and plants. ![]() Please reload the page and try again.īefore Michael Pollan became America’s conscience on food - suggesting that we, “Eat food. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. ![]()
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