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Nature 459, 912-913 (18 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/459912a; Published online 17 June 2009

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A fresh take on food

Jascha Hoffman1

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A slew of publications examines our changing attitudes to the things we eat, so what lies behind our need for mutant maize or locally grown organic food, asks Jascha Hoffman?

BOOK REVIEWEDAn Edible History of Humanity

by Tom Standage

Walker & Company/Atlantic Books: 2009. 288 pp./368 pp. $26/£19.99

BOOK REVIEWEDFresh: A Perishable History

by Susanne Freidberg

Belknap–Harvard University Press: 2009. 416 pp. $27.95, £20.95, euro dollar25.20

BOOK REVIEWEDFood, Inc.

Film directed by Robert Kenner
Opened on 12 June 2009.
See http://www.foodincmovie.com

"What's in the fridge?" may not seem a weighty question.