First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (925 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465094120 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Why You Love Ice Cream and Hate Brussels Sprouts" according to takingadayoff. First Bite is a bit of a departure for Bee Wilson. She usually writes about food history, as in her excellent books Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat and Swindled:The Dark History of Food Fraud, as well as her many articles and reviews in magazines such as The London Review of Books.In this book she investigates how and why we acquire food preferences, and the consequences of those preferences. This involves her delving i. Changed the way I think about eating Changed the way I think of what I "like" and "don't like" and definitely gave me some great ideas for how to develop a great palate in my children. I'm actually excited to get vegetables in front of them and I have a more reasoned perspective on what makes them like something or not like something. Definitely recommend for anyone with young kids or those who think there are large categories of foods (e.g., "i don't like fish", "i don't eat. Amazon Customer said Must reed for new parents foodies and food junkies. This is a great book. I am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and am greatly enjoying the validation and new insights.
Winner of the André Simon Food & Drink Special Commendation Prize, UKNew York Times Book Review
Taking the reader on a journey across the globe, Wilson introduces us to people who can only eat foods of a certain color, an anosmia sufferer who has no memory of the flavor of her mother’s cooking, and researchers who have pioneered new ways to persuade children to try new vegetables. In First Bite, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food psychologists and neuroscientists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by a host of factors: family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. An exploration of the surprising origins of our tastes, First Bite shows us how we can change our palates to lead healthier, happier lives.