"This book provides a comprehensive review of the efforts put forth by China to prevent food safety concerns, including the abuse of food additives. Looking at food producers and operators, consumers, and government agencies as part of an organic system, the book examines the co…
Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food--when a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating, even when we know better. Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the …
Uncovers the influences that have conditioned people to overeat, explaining how combinations of fat, sugar, and salt; food cues; and the cultural norms that are difficult to ignore have hijacked our brain circuitry, and demonstrates how to regain control.
A comprehensive guide to making dietary changes that are beneficial to the body as well as to the environment that includes over seventy-five health-conscious recipes.
The "Minimalist" columnist and author of How to Cook Everything outlines an eating plan that is comprised of environmentally responsible choices, in a guide that shares insight into the risks associated with livestock production.
"Mad Cow U.S.A. shatters the false belief that the government and food industry would never let it happen here. Even as tens of thousands of cows died in Britain, the government denied the risk to human beings. Knowing the similar risk in the U.S., government and industry have m…
This essential reference emphasizes the molecular and mechanistic aspects of food microbiology in one comprehensive volume.
Food consumption is a significant and complex social activity-and what a society chooses to feed its children reveals much about its tastes and ideas regarding health. In this groundbreaking historical work, Amy Bentley explores how the invention of commercial baby food shaped A…
Cocoa and coffee beans are some of the most traded agricultural commodities on international markets. Combined, they provide raw materials for a global industry valued in excess of 250 billion. Despite this, few people know that microorganisms and microbial fermentation play key…
"Technological Processes for Marine Foods, From Water to Fork: Bioactive Compounds, Industrial Applications, and Genomics, looks at the importance of marine foods and their secondary metabolites for human health along with a number of novel processing techniques and applications…
"Technological Processes for Marine Foods, From Water to Fork: Bioactive Compounds, Industrial Applications, and Genomics, looks at the importance of marine foods and their secondary metabolites for human health along with a number of novel processing techniques and applications…
Pandemics, epidemics and food borne diseases have, for some at least, become key challenges for contemporary global society. They threaten progress in global health, compromise food security and, along with climate change and global terrorism, seem to usher in a state of emergen…
