Who wants pizza? : the kids' guide to the history, science & culture of food /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thornhill, Jan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Maple Tree Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.