Food Fight! by National Geographic Kids
Grab your knife and fork and get ready to dig in to human history through the lens of food and the struggle to acquire it with award-winning celebrity food editor and author Tanya Steel. This book includes 30 kid-tested and approved recipes inside!Did you know that Christopher Columbus set out on his most famous voyage in search not of the new world, but cinnamon? Or that rich people in the Middle Ages served flaming peacocks and spun sugar castles to their lucky dinner party guests? Did you ever wonder why M&Ms were invented? (Hint: That candy coating isn't just for decoration!) The quest for food has inspired all kinds of adventures and misadventures around the world, and this book explores the wildest and wackiest of them all, from prehistoric times through modern day.
Hungry readers can go on a finger-licking romp through the ages to discover the origins of today's common foods, yucky habits of yore, marvelous inventions that changed the way we ate and cooked, and the weirdest menus on record. Amazing stats and fast food facts are featured throughout, along with 30 original recipes, each specific to a particular time and place. So, if you are curious about how food shaped global history and culture, put this book on the menu.
TANYA STEEL is a global leader in the food business. With former First Lady Michelle Obama, she founded the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids' State Dinner, an annual event presented at the White House. Steel was previously the editorial director of Clean Plates, Epicurious.com, Gourmet Live, and Gourmet.com, as well as an editor at Bon Appétit and Food & Wine, and a four-year contributor to the New York Times. She co-wrote the award-winning Real Food for Healthy Kids and the New York Times best-selling Epicurious Cookbook.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781426331626 |
| ISBN 10 | 1426331622 |
| Title | Food Fight! |
| Author | National Geographic Kids |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | National Geographic Kids |
| Year published | 2018-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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