Recreates the transformative fundamentals of how we cook, building from the most basic principles: cooking with fire, cooking with water, cooking with air and cooking with earth. This book helps readers to take control of their own fates and revel again in what should be a lifet…
Debunks beliefs based on the assumption that human beings have finished evolving and defends the assertion that modern man is not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors
One of the problems in nutrition is the difficulty of getting people to change their dietary behaviours so as to bring about an improvement in health. This book brings together theory, research and applications from psychology and behavioural sciences applied to dietary behaviou…
Explore the science behind your daily living habits and make your day healthier, happier, and more productive. Bringing to bear the latest research in psychology, nutrition, biology, and physics, Farrimond unearths the facts behind the fads, and provides take-away advice on ever…
Food and culture: A reader
This innovative and global best-seller helped establish food studies courses throughout the social sciences and humanities when it was first published in 1997. The fourth edition of Food and Culture contains favorite articles from earlier editions and several new pieces on food …
Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions and nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. With his…