Would You Believe...marzipan contains cyanide?: and other freaky food facts - Hardcover

Platt, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199114986 ISBN 13: 9780199114986

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2006

Synopsis

Young historians and chefs get a real taste of the stories behind food we eat as we examine the amazing peculiarities of international cuisine past and present. Readers will learn about the often disgusting yet utterly fascinating foods that our ancestors ate such as maggot cake or rotten fish, as well as those that are still eaten around the world today - grasshopper stew anyone? Includes food myths, eating taboos and how archaeologists discover what Neolithic man ate.

About this title

Book Description:

The Would You Believe... series is a fascinating journey into the evolution of things in our everyday lives; this book looks at the history of bizarre food and eating habits around the world

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0199114986
• ISBN 13: 9780199114986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48