This thoroughly engaging encyclopedia considers the rich diversity of unfamiliar foods eaten around the world.
"This fun encyclopedia, organized alphabetically, describes and offers cultural context for foodstuffs people eat today that might be described as 'weird'--at least to the American palate. Coverage also includes American regional standards, such as scrapple and chitterlings, tha…
"The title 'They Eat That? : A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from around the World' says it all. This fun encyclopedia, organized A-Z, describes and offers cultural context for foodstuffs people eat today that might be described as "weird" - at least to the Amer…
Argues that mathematics and cooking have a lot in common and explains that the best way to deal with cooking disasters is also the best way to solve math problems.
Tie on your apron and step into Jim Henle's kitchen as he demonstrates how two equally savory pursuits-cooking and mathematics-have more in common than you realize. A tasty dish for gourmets of popular math, The Proof and the Pudding offers a witty and flavorful blend of mathema…