Thornhill, Jan.
Who wants pizza? : the kids' guide to the history, science & culture of food / - Toronto : Maple Tree Press, c2010. - 62, [2] pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Why eat? -- Why we eat, how our bodies use food, and how we react to food -- How it all started -- How humans evolved from hunter-gatherers to farmers to food preservers to chefs -- Changing food -- How our ways of producing food -- and flavors! -- have changed over the years -- Food for thought -- How food production is impacting the world, and why our food choices matter.
Discusses the history of food, from early hunter-gatherers and domesticating animals for food to the science behind food preservation, produce cultivation, artificial flavor enhancers, and genetic modification.
9781897349960 (bound) 1897349963 (bound) 9781897349977 (pbk.) 1897349971 (pbk.)
2010920483
Food--Juvenile literature.
Food--History--Juvenile literature.
TX355 / .T48 2010
j641.3
Who wants pizza? : the kids' guide to the history, science & culture of food / - Toronto : Maple Tree Press, c2010. - 62, [2] pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Why eat? -- Why we eat, how our bodies use food, and how we react to food -- How it all started -- How humans evolved from hunter-gatherers to farmers to food preservers to chefs -- Changing food -- How our ways of producing food -- and flavors! -- have changed over the years -- Food for thought -- How food production is impacting the world, and why our food choices matter.
Discusses the history of food, from early hunter-gatherers and domesticating animals for food to the science behind food preservation, produce cultivation, artificial flavor enhancers, and genetic modification.
9781897349960 (bound) 1897349963 (bound) 9781897349977 (pbk.) 1897349971 (pbk.)
2010920483
Food--Juvenile literature.
Food--History--Juvenile literature.
TX355 / .T48 2010
j641.3