Next Wednesday evening, on October 28, I’d like you to set aside a couple of hours from 8 to 10 p.m. to watch television (or at least record it) as the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will be presenting a film based on Michael Pollan’s 2002 book “The Botany of Desire.”
This film will be about our relationship to domesticated plants, but from the plant’s point of view.
I’d read many of Mr. Pollan’s articles in the Sunday Times magazine and my sister insisted that I read his book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” which I later recommended in this column. “The Botany of Desire” is simply amazing. I have to rate Mr. Pollan’s work consistently up there with that of Rachel Carson and others who have shaped my view of the world we live... more
This film will be about our relationship to domesticated plants, but from the plant’s point of view.
I’d read many of Mr. Pollan’s articles in the Sunday Times magazine and my sister insisted that I read his book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” which I later recommended in this column. “The Botany of Desire” is simply amazing. I have to rate Mr. Pollan’s work consistently up there with that of Rachel Carson and others who have shaped my view of the world we live... more
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