"On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attentions, bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the cake. But her gift is no blessing, for her mother - her cheerful, good-with-crafts, can-do mother - tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food...

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The good, the bad, and the ugly, served up Bourdain-style.
Bestselling chef and Parts Unknown host Anthony Bourdain has never been one to pull punches. In The Nasty Bits, he serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. Whether scrounging for eel in the backstreets of Hanoi, revealing what you didn't want to know about the...

"Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of taste."--

The self-taught cook and restaurateur explains how to use flavor principles and such ordinary ingredients, as parmesan, tomatoes, and caramelized onions, to ratchet up the flavor of any dish, with recipes illustrating the techniques.

"Think about that first tickle of hunger in your stomach. A moment ago, you could have been thinking about anything, but now it's thickly buttered marmite toast, a frosty scoop of ice cream straight from the tub, some creamy, cheesy scrambled eggs or a fuzzy, perfectly-ripe peach. Eating is one of life's greatest pleasures. Food nourishes our bodies, helps us celebrate our successes (from a wedding cake to a post-night out kebab), cheers us up when...

"A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days leading up to Christmas--perfect for fans of Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze and Josie Silver's One Day in December"-- When chef Charlie Goodwin gets hit on the head on the L.A. set of her reality baking show, she loses her ability to taste and smell-- both critical to her success as show judge. Her identical twin, Cass, is frantically trying to hold...

An illustrated introduction to our sense of taste, describing its importance, how the tongue distinguishes between bitter, salty, sour, and sweet tasting things; why people have different tastes and preferences; and more. Includes instruction for a related activity.

Apples, carrots, and cookies--which foods are your favorites? This title uses a repetitive sentence pattern and strong visual cues to help young readers recognize their favorite things. This book features repetitive and predictable text and incorporates high-frequency and familiar sight words. Children just learning how to read will love these colorful and engaging nonfiction books. Author/Illustrator biography Correlations Glossary of key words Index...

Sour is the definitive book on this unique taste. From cheese to vinegar, throughout the centuries we have deliberately let &; and even encouraged &; food to go sour to enhance its flavor. Sour foods have never been more fashionable, with the spotlight falling on foodstuffs as disparate as Belgian sour beer and Korean kimchi. But what is it that makes sourness such an enticing, complex element of the eating experience? And what are the best ways to...

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to the sense of taste. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--