Food Weird-o-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Biz

Description: Food Weird-o-Pedia by Alex Palmer Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Hundreds of weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of food and drink oddities! A perfect gift for foodies and trivia fans alike!Food Weird-o-Pediaoffers up hundreds of off-kilter bits of info about food that will make you rethink what you know about even those dishes youve been eating your whole life. Organised in sections such as Between-Meal Tidbits: Curious Facts about Snacks and Spice Up Your Life: Unexpected morsels about condiments, sauces and spices, each chapter offers an alphabetical encyclopedia of strange facts that will give you plenty to chew over whether reading from cover-to-cover or just flipping to a random page during a lunch break. Learn weird and obscure facts about fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, dairy, seafood, junk food, condiments, sauces, spices, beverages, desserts, and more, such as:Cherries may have killed the twelfth president of the United States.Why we call that vulgar sound we make by putting our tongue between our lips and blowing out a raspberry.Enzymes on the inside of a banana peel actually encourage splinters to move toward the skins surface.Dark soy sauce contains ten times the antioxidants of red wine and contributed to a decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.The most egg yolks ever found in a single egg is nine.Frank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey.Hersheys Kisses get their names from the smooching sound and motion the machine made when it popped the candy onto the conveyor belt.And many, many more!Every one of us has a deeply personal relationship to the food we eat, each as unique as we are. But there is also a lot that can surprise us about what we put in our body - unexpected facts about staple fruits and veggies, strange backstories to our favourite sweets, and ways of whipping up a familiar dish that are downright weird. These odd aspects of the food we eat are what this book is all about.Food Weird-o-Pediais sure to provide plenty of fodder to impress friends and family over your next meal - whatever it is youre eating. Author Biography Alex Palmer is a journalist and excavator of fascinating facts. He is the author of the original Weird-o-Pedia as well as books of surprising tidbits including Happiness Hacks, Alternative Facts, and Literary Miscellany. He is also the New York Times best-selling author of The Santa Claus Man and his writing has appeared in Lifehacker, Best Life, Mental Floss, Slate, and Esquire. Details ISBN 1510763740 ISBN-13 9781510763746 Title Food Weird-o-Pedia Author Alex Palmer Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 192 Publisher Skyhorse Publishing GE_Item_ID:151667278; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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