How did a pizza become a pizza? Is a pickle really a cucumber in disguise? Explore fascinating food history, nutrition, and American culture through this middle-school graphic-format nonfiction book for kids that answers oft-asked questions about the foods we love, explaining how they came to be.
Whether it's pizza and pickles or sushi and salad, there's a story behind all of our favourite foods. This book explores popular foods from our history and explains their origins from breakfast to dinner. Young readers will travel back in time—sometimes thousands of years—to cultures all over the globe to learn how and why foods were discovered. They will also meet key people from food history along the way, including the inventor of breakfast cereal and the creator of salad dressing.
The science behind unhealthy foods is also explored in this fascinating book, which includes projects and activities for both the classroom and home.
Fun, informative and highly interesting -- this book will fascinate children and adults alike!
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