Weird Stuff You Didn't Know About Food (Everything But The Kitchen Sink) | 
 enlarge | Authors: E Macleod, F Wishinsky
Publisher: Scholastic Reference
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 931802
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0545003989
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.12
EAN: 9780545003988
ASIN: 0545003989
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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Product Description
Did you know that radishes are a common breakfast food in Japan? Why do Americans love corn dogs? Do watermelons remove freckles? Can you really clean a toilet with a can of cola? Where does the expression "say cheese" come from? Did you know that in 1919 a molasses flood killed 21 people in Boston?
What child isn't going to want to know the answers to these questions? Step into any school cafeteria and you'll hear kids buzzing about food. Everything but the Kitchen Sink builds on that fascination with food through history, science, art, superstitions, and world records.
Organized in 10 fast-paced and fun chapters, Everything but the Kitchen Sink will present bite-size facts, interviews with fantastic "foodies," and amazing but true sidebars. Some recipes and activities are also included.
Sample outline:
1. Hey, Dad, what's for breakfast! The first meal of the day across North America and around the world
2. Coo-coo, corn dogs, and mudbugs: Food through the ages: Why we eat what we eat
3. Why don't vampires like garlic? Outrageous food superstitions
4. Say cheese and grunt: Crazy food names and expressions
5. Snack attack! Everything you ever wanted to know about pizza, pop, cookies, and more
6. There's a lab in my kitchen: The science of food
7. Stuffed camel and other delicious holiday food: Festive foods and customs in North America and other continents
8. Biggest, longest, tallest, stinkiest: Food records that will amaze you
9. Who thought of that: Incredible food inventions
10. Everything but the kitchen sink: More fabulous food trivia
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Everything and the Kitchen Sink you did no want to know July 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fairly high quality print production
1970's designs
Writers praise/display poor functionality
Aesthetically poor designs presented
Fonts suck
Don't waste your money - check it out from the library
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