First Bite How We Learn to Eat

Bee Wilson

eBook - 2015

We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a "portion" is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables — or not. But how does this education happen? What are the origins of taste? In First Bite, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by a whole host of factors: family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. Taking the reader on a journey across the globe, Wilson introduces us to people who can only eat foods of a certain color; prisoners of war whose deepest yearning is fo...r Mom's apple pie; a nine year old anosmia sufferer who has no memory of the flavor of her mother's cooking; toddlers who will eat nothing but hotdogs and grilled cheese sandwiches; and researchers and doctors who have pioneered new and effective...

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Published
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Language
English
Main Author
Bee Wilson
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
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ISBN9781541697843
ASINB012271WAK
Release Date12/22/2015
OverDrive Read eBook
File Size4 GB
ISBN9780465073900
Release Date12/22/2015