'Beautifully written and shocking investigation of what slips into the swelling American stomach ... entertaining and eloquent'

Daily Telegraph

'This is one of the most thought-provoking books I've read in a while ... After you read this book there will be things you don't want to eat, ever again ... An honest, brilliant, troubling book. I recommend it to anyone'

Evening Standard

'Convivial, creative and deeply disturbing, though he does offer hope ... it has certainly changed the way I think about food'

Audrey Niffenegger, Guardian

'On our we-need-to-know-this reading list ... a patient investigation of his nation's calorie industries'

Mail on Sunday