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A brilliantly objective examination of our relationships with opium, caffeine and mescaline
Plants gratify our need for beauty and nourishment but also speak to a more ambiguous desire — to alter human consciousness
At the age of 60, the writer decided to investigate the potential of psychedelic drugs — and embarked on some colourful first-hand research
In his new book, food polemicist Michael Pollan asks how cooking makes us human. He began by considering the essential element: fire. First stop: Ayden, North Carolina
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