{"product_id":"food-weird-o-pedia-alex-palmer-9781510763746","title":"Food Weird-O-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Food and Drink","description":"\u003cb\u003eHundreds of weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of food and drink oddities! A perfect gift for foodies and trivia fans alike!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood Weird-o-Pedia \u003c\/i\u003eoffers up hundreds of off-kilter bits of info about food that will make you rethink what you know about even those dishes you've been eating your whole life. Organized 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Learn weird and obscure facts about fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, dairy, seafood, junk food, condiments, sauces, spices, beverages, desserts, and more, such as: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eCherries may have killed the twelfth president of the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy we call that vulgar sound we make by putting our tongue between our lips and blowing out a \"raspberry.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnzymes on the inside of a banana peel actually encourage splinters to move toward the skin's surface.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark soy sauce contains ten times the antioxidants of red wine and contributed to a decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most egg yolks ever found in a single egg is nine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHershey's Kisses get their names from the smooching sound and motion the machine made when it popped the candy onto the conveyor belt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd many, many more!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 favorite 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. \u003ci\u003eFood Weird-o-Pedia \u003c\/i\u003eis sure to provide plenty of fodder to impress friends and family over your next meal--whatever it is you're eating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510763740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510763746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Alex Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043192041727,"sku":"9781510763746","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcb0c084-d97f-4ac7-a525-8ba6327f871b.jpg?v=1684965760","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-weird-o-pedia-alex-palmer-9781510763746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}