The John Adams Institute

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3 June 2013

Michael Pollan


Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Michael Pollan, America's favorite writer about the business and science of food, is back. Cooked is a personal story, one that most of us enact every day. We cook. We use fire, water, air, plants and animals. But what are we really doing? We are making a primal connection. The cook, Pollan discovers, connects his or her family to the earth. Pollan apprentices himself to a grill master, a baker, a top chef and others in order to penetrate the simple mysteries of this everyday rite. As in earlier books, his underlying point is that relying on processed food products breaks the primal connection: it's bad for body and soul. Join us for a thoroughly nourishing evening.

Moderator: Mac van Dinther, Volkskrant

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Upcoming lectures:


03 Jun. 2013  Michael Pollan
11 Jun. 2013  Kim Ghattas
04 Sep. 2013  Margaret Atwood
16 Oct. 2013  Russell Shorto
29 Oct. 2013  Philipp Meyer


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Literature Course


May / June 2013
 
The John Adams Institute presents a new course: 

Storytelling in the Transmedia Age






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Our Mission


The John Adams Institute provides a window onto the United States for Dutch audiences. Our main way of carrying this out is by bringing notable Americans--novelists, politicians, historians, scientists, screenwriters, poets--to the Netherlands, and having them talk about their work and their insights.


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West-Indisch huis, Herenmarkt 97
1013 EC Amsterdam
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Event calendar:


25 May 2013
ABC Book Signing: A Year in the Life of Face Hunter

27 May 2013
De Rode Hoed: Stadsleven: toerist in eigen stad met Tracy Metz

29 May 2013
De Balie: De Toekomst van de Roman met Tommy Wieringa

12 Jun. 2013
EYE: Dutch movies English subtitles: Anton Corbijn, Inside Out