Slow Food® Utah

Michael Pollan Visits Utah

• Michael Pollan visited Salt Lake City Thursday, March 13, 2008,
  as part of the Utah Museum of Natural History’s
  2008 – Nature of Things Lecture Series.

  
  

  

  Michael Pollan delivers the keynote address of the 2008 – Nature of Things Lecture Series.

  

  Greg Neville, Christi Paulson & Michael Pollan
  at Lugano Restaurant.

  

  Michael Pollan's audience.
   

  Michael Pollan’s most recent visit began with an interview on KCPW.  A Luncheon was held at Lugano Restaurant hosted by owner and chef Greg Neville with guests of KCPW, Slow Food Utah and the Utah Museum of Natural History.  Mr. Pollan gave his keynote presentation "The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Looking for the Perfect Meal in a Fast Food World" at Abravanel Hall in downtown Salt Lake City, were 2,260 tickets sold for the event.  Pollan’s visit culminated with dinner at the Metropolitan Restaurant in Salt Lake City.

  
  
• KCPW recorded the 2008 – Nature of Things Lecture and has made it available for streaming.
  
  

  Michael Pollan’s Keynote Address — "The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Looking for the Perfect Meal in a Fast Food World"

  
  
  

• Thank you to Michael Pollan and everyone who attended the 2008 – Nature of Things Lecture.

  
  

Recent Interviews:

• Michael Pollan participated in three interviews, March 10 — 13, by local radio stations here in Salt Lake City:

• KUER 90.1 FM – RadioWest with Doug Fabrizio, Monday, March 10. "In Defense of Food"
• KRCL 90.9 FM – RadioActive!, Tuesday, March 11. (Will link once posted by KRCL.)
• KCPW 88.3 & 105.3 FM – Midday Metro, Thursday, March 13. "In a fast–food world, is there a perfect meal?"
  
  
• KCPW also recorded two interviews in conjunction with the 2007 Sundance Tree Room Author Series:
• Michael Pollan – December 24, 2007: "Pollan talks about what we should be eating for dinner, connecting food choices to a healthy, sustainable environment."
• Michael Pollan – November 28, 2007: "In the ancient days of hunter-gatherers, a wrong food choice could be one’s last, as a poison mushroom or toxic root could kill the most discriminating omnivore. Today, according to Omnivore’s Dilemma author Michael Pollan, we face comparable dangers in the midst of plenitude." (A preview of Pollan’s Sundance presentation.)
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  Please visit Michael Pollan’s Website to learn more about him, his work and visit his Web–links.

  
  
  

The 2008 Nature of Things Lecture Series is underwritten by the R. Harold Burton Foundation.

Additional sponsors include:

Wasatch Public Media	The City Library

Slow Food Utah gratefully acknowledges the underwriter and sponsors, and
thanks them for making Michael Pollan’s visit to Utah possible.