Product Description: "Come and get your bugs for supper!" That's probably not what you want to hear from your mom. Check out some of the most bizarre things humans have eaten throughout history.

Product Description: It's actually true that Mongol warriors rode with slabs of raw meat under their saddles then ate them that night in camp! It's actually true that Chinese archaeologists found 4,000-year-old noodles in an overturned cup. It's actually true that Americans buy $1 billion worth of chocolate each Valentine's Day...read more

Product Description: Do you know what happened when a kid forgot his glass of soda with a stir stick in it outside on a freezing cold night? Popsicles were invented! And did you know ancient people loved to chew on gum, just like we do? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind inventions you use every day...read more

A ham sandwich on white bread. Macaroni and cheese. Peanut-butter-and-banana roll-ups. They may sound like ordinary items, but they take us on an amazing journey through the rich history and astonishing science of food. Explore a week of lunches—from apples to pizza—by taking a romp through thousands of years of extraordinary events. Some are amusing, like the accidental invention of potato chips. Others are tragic, such as the Spice Wars, which killed thousands of people. Consider that ham sandwich: Ancient Romans first made ham by curing meat with salt and smoke to kill microbes, while yeast (which burps gas) produces the fluffy texture of bread. Aztec farmers bred tomatoes from small, bitter berries into plump, sweet fruit, and watermelons sustained travelers 10,000 years ago in the Kalahari Desert. With a vibrant design and quirky illustrations, The World in Your Lunch Box is like the perfect lunch: satisfying, well-balanced, and totally delicious.

Product Description: ''Discusses turn-of-the-century food and cooking methods and how they are different from the early 1900s to today. Includes ''What's Different?'' photo quiz''--Provided by publisher.Title: Food 100 Years AgoAuthor: Lassieur, AllisonPublisher: AmicusPublication Date: 2011/09/01Number of Pages: 24Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: 201003911...read more

Describes inventions that have changed what and how we eat, including canning, pasteurization, and refrigeration.

Product Description: How have humans come to terms with their basic need for food? We couldn t survive without food, yet we don't often ponder how it was that our food became available to us. Rarely do we consider that the variety & abundance of today's edibles are the result of years & years of human ingenuity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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