Uncovers the influences that have conditioned people to overeat, explaining how combinations of fat, sugar, and salt; food cues; and the cultural norms that are difficult to ignore have hijacked our brain circuitry, and demonstrates how to regain control.

An adaptation of the famous book offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment.

You are what you eat: good nutrition is the key to a healthy weight and good health. Rinzler shows you how to manage your diet, prepare healthy foods, and cut calories by making wise food choices.

"From chef and food activist Alice Waters, an impassioned plea for a radical reconsideration of the way each and every one of us cooks and eats"-- So many of the serious problems we face in the world today are all, at their core, connected to food. Waters believes that fast food culture, which prioritizes cheapness, availability, and speed, is not only ruining our health, but also dehumanizing the ways we live and relate to one another. Here she...

""What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here's why: I'm a little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and eating I'd highly recommend that you do not read his book." Bacon. McDonalds. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kale. Stand-up comedian and author Jim Gaffigan has made his career rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet ("choking on bacon is like getting murdered by...

A Little Taste of Heaven catering certainly knows how to feed people. Dogs, however..? When sisters Bernie and Libby sign on to cater Trudy the Pug's birthday bash, it isn't just any doggie 'do. Trudy's owner, Annabel Colbert, is one of the richest women in town--and as mascot of the Colbert toy company, Trudy herself is a bona fide celebrity. But when the big day arrives, mere moments after dipping into the wine, Annabel is shrieking she's been poisoned--and...

Food critic Hayley Snow and her groom, police detective Nathan Bransford, thought Scotland was the ideal destination for two newlyweds.... but they are sharing their trip with Nathan's crotchety mother, his sister, and his brother in law. When Hayley watches a man falls to his death from the famous Falkirk Wheel, no one in the party claims to know the victim, Joseph Booth. Then her mother-in-law's elderly pal, Gloria, insists she'd been poisoned after...

Plants don t eat like people do, but they still need food to live and grow. They make their own food using their leaves. Readers explore the process by which leaves create food for plants through accessible text geared toward early learners. They will enjoy learning fun facts about leaves and discovering detailed diagrams of this vital part of a plant. Vivid, full-color photographs and a charming design appeal to young readers. This engaging look...

The day after farmer Cam Flaherty holds an autumn dinner, one of her guests, disagreeable Irene Burr, is found dead in a neighbor's pigsty, and when Irene's stepson, who repaired Cam's barn, becomes a suspect, Cam decides to investigate.

"During the week between Christmas and New Year's, the population of Key West, Florida, faces a tsunami of tourists and snowbirds. It doesn't help that wealthy key lime pie aficionado David Sloan has persuaded the city to host his pie-baking contest. Every pie purveyor on the island is out to win the coveted Key Lime Key to the City, and Key Zest food critic Hayley Snow is on the scene to report it. When her hubby, police detective Nathan Bransford,...