Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Non-Fiction: The World In Your Lunch Box: The Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods

Book: The World In Your Lunch Box: The Wacky History and Science Of Everyday Foods
Author: Claire Eamer, Sa Boothroyd
Publisher: Annick Press
Link: Silver Birch

A ham sandwich on white bread. Macaroni and cheese. Peanut-butter-and-banana roll-ups. They may sound like ordinary items, but they take us on an amazing journey through the rich history and astonishing science of food.Explore a week of lunches—from apples to pizza—by taking a romp through thousands of years of extraordinary events. Some are amusing, like the accidental invention of potato chips. Others are tragic, such as the Spice Wars, which killed thousands of people.

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