First Bite

Bee Wilson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2015
Basic Books (Verlag)
978-0-465-06498-4 (ISBN)

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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 for 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 ways to persuade children to try new vegetables.
Wilson examines why the Japanese eat so healthily, whereas the vast majority of teenage boys in Kuwait have a weight problem--and what these facts can tell Americans about how to eat better. The way we learn to eat holds the key to why food has gone so disastrously wrong for so many people. But Wilson also shows that both adults and children have immense potential for learning new, healthy eating habits. An exploration of the extraordinary and surprising origins of our tastes and eating habits, First Bite also shows us how we can change our palates to lead healthier, happier lives.

Bee Wilson is an award-winning food writer, historian, and author of four books, including Consider the Fork and Swindled. She has been named BBC Radio's Food Writer of the Year and writes about food and other subjects for a wide range of publications including The Guardian, The London Review of Books, and the New Yorker Page-Turner blog. Wilson lives in Cambridge, England.

INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: LIKES AND DISLIKES With Beetroot Chapter 2: MEMORY With Milk Chapter 3: CHILDREN"S FOOD With Birthday Cake Chapter 4: FEEDING With Lunchbox Chapter 5: BROTHERS AND SISTERS With Chocolate Chapter 6: HUNGER With Breakfast Cereal Chapter 7: DISORDER With Potato Chips Chapter 8: CHANGE With Chilis Epilogue: This is Not Advice Notes Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2015
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 244 mm
Gewicht	581 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Allgemeines / Lexika / Tabellen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Ernährung / Diät / Fasten
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-465-06498-1 / 0465064981
ISBN-13	978-0-465-06498-4 / 9780465064984
Zustand	Neuware