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122) Sow what?
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"So, what do you hope for from your food? Great taste? Pleasing smell? Good looks, too? As you dig into 'Sow what?' and get down to the roots, you'll crave a whole lot more. You'll see how your food network can serve up what's best for Earth-- and best for you" -- p. [4] of cover.
123) Food fight
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Ben Snyder has always been a very picky eater, and suddenly everyone has a problem with that--from his parents to a bully at school. As a multi-day school trip approaches where Ben knows there will be nothing on the menu he can eat, he struggles to come up with a plan to either fit in...or find the courage to stand out.
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Because beliefs and practices surrounding food often inspire religious and political fervor, in addition to uniting people into insular groups, it is inevitable that "food cults" will emerge. Studying the extreme beliefs and practices of such food cults allows us to see the ways in which food serves as a nexus for religious beliefs, sexuality, death anxiety, preoccupation with the body, asceticism, and hedonism, to name a few. In contrast to religious...
125) Making food choices
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Encourages readers to think critically about their food choices, and choose what they eat and where it comes from with attention to the effect on the environment.
132) ¡Quiero espaguetis!
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Había una vez un conejito que solo quería comer una cosa... ¡espaguetis! Los padres de Simón, enfadados porque se niega a comer cualquier otra cosa, lo castigan en su habitación. Simón se enfada muchísimo hasta que escucha a sus padres hablar de un rico pastel de chocolate... ¿qué hará entonces Simón? Acompañadas de alegres y divertidas ilustraciones, Stephanie Blake nos trae las aventuras de Simón, un pequeño conejo blanco que transmite...
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"Milk is the only food mammals produce naturally to feed their offspring. The human species is the only one that takes milk from other animals and consumes it beyond weaning age. Cultures of Milk contrasts the practices of the world's two leading milk producers, India and the United States. In both countries, milk is considered to have special qualities. Drawing on ethnographic and scientific studies, popular media, and government reports, Andrea...
135) La comida
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"Un libro ilustrado con solapas para despertar la curiosidad de los más pequeños y ayaudarles a aprender sus primeras palabras"--Page [4] of cover.
Let's eat! What do you like? A radish? Do you know how it grows? Lift the flap and you will see a seed sprouts from the soil, its leaves appear, and roots grow and become a pink and crunchy vegetable. Similarly, we find the potato, carrot, and tomato... and then we talk about the egg, delicious milk...