Hundreds of weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of food and drink oddities! A perfect gift for foodies and trivia fans alike!
Food Weird-o-Pediaoffers up hundreds of off-kilter bits of info about food that will make you rethink what you know about even those dishes you've been eating your whole life. Organised in sections such as 'Between-Meal Tidbits: Curious Facts about Snacks' and 'Spice Up Your Life: Unexpected morsels about condiments, sauces and spices,' each chapter offers an alphabetical encyclopedia of strange facts that will give you plenty to chew over whether reading from cover-to-cover or just flipping to a random page during a lunch break.
Learn weird and obscure facts about fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, dairy, seafood, junk food, condiments, sauces, spices, beverages, desserts, and more, such as:
Every one of us has a deeply personal relationship to the food we eat, each as unique as we are. But there is also a lot that can surprise us about what we put in our body - unexpected facts about staple fruits and veggies, strange backstories to our favourite sweets, and ways of whipping up a familiar dish that are downright weird. These odd aspects of the food we eat are what this book is all about.Food Weird-o-Pediais sure to provide plenty of fodder to impress friends and family over your next meal - whatever it is you're eating.
Buy Food Weird-o-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Food and Drink by Alex Palmer from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.