#1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules
Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?
Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion—most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product...

Presents a set of rules for eating wisely in accordance with a variety of ethnic and cultural traditions, sharing guidelines for making grocery choices and dining out.

Simple text introduces readers to the kinds of food that different types of animals eat, before showing what a little boy named Josh has for a meal.

In their blended family, Mama Duck worries when Bear eats too much jam, but when the ducklings play a game with their vegetables, Bear starts to eat the strange green things on his plate.

Kids gain practical kitchen skills through preparing breakfasts, drinks, snacks, dinners, and desserts from around the world.

A fussy eater decides to sample the carrots after her brother convinces her that they are really orange twiglets from Jupiter.

Comedian and Travel Channel host Mark DeCarlo and his wife Yeni Alvarez, the Traveling Diva, talk to celebrities, chefs, performers, and anyone who eats and travels for a living. Each week they seek out the best new trips, recipes, and characters, meeting and interviewing the most interesting and entertaining people in America.

"Bill Buford turns his inimitable attention from Italian cuisine to the food of France. Baffled by the language, but convinced that he can master the art of French cooking - or at least get to the bottom of why it is so revered - he begins what becomes a five-year odyssey by shadowing the esteemed French chef, Michel Richard, in Washington, D.C. But when Buford (quickly) realizes that a stage in France is necessary, he goes--this time with his wife...