Taking the reader to India's unusual steakhouses, animal sacrifices at temples in Benin, and labs in Pennsylvania where meat
is being grown in petri dishes, Zaraska examines the history and future of meat and meat-eating, showing that while our
increasing consumption of meat can be attributed in part to the power of the meat industry and the policies of our governments, the main hooks” that keep us addicted to meat are much older: genes and culture.