Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Didn't Know About Food Review

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(More customer reviews)The books reading level is for a 9 to 12 year old. I have a 7 year old and he reads one fact at a time.
The book is filled with cartoon pictures and factoids about food. Were you wondering who invented the pizza? Perhaps you were wondering about the largest chocolate bar? Or were you wondering what ancient cultures ate? These are the sorts of questions this book can help you get answers for.
There are a few "recipes"/experiments. Fun things to do with food. Making omeletes in a plastic bag for one.
We recently got ours but we have been reading it at breakfast and dinner. We plan to leave it in the kitchen, so the next time my son and I are cooking and he asks me about eggs or eating frogs I can whip out this book and we can giggle over some silly facts.

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Did you know that radishes are a common breakfast food in Japan? Why do Americans love corn dogs? Do watermelons remove freckles? Can you really clean a toilet with a can of cola? Where does the expression "say cheese" come from? Did you know that in 1919 a molasses flood killed 21 people in Boston?
What child isn't going to want to know the answers to these questions? Step into any school cafeteria and you'll hear kids buzzing about food. Everything but the Kitchen Sink builds on that fascination with food through history, science, art, superstitions, and world records.
Organized in 10 fast-paced and fun chapters, Everything but the Kitchen Sink will present bite-size facts, interviews with fantastic "foodies," and amazing but true sidebars. Some recipes and activities are also included.
Sample outline:
1. Hey, Dad, what's for breakfast! The first meal of the day across North America and around the world
2. Coo-coo, corn dogs, and mudbugs: Food through the ages: Why we eat what we eat
3. Why don't vampires like garlic? Outrageous food superstitions
4. Say cheese and grunt: Crazy food names and expressions
5. Snack attack! Everything you ever wanted to know about pizza, pop, cookies, and more
6. There's a lab in my kitchen: The science of food
7. Stuffed camel and other delicious holiday food: Festive foods and customs in North America and other continents
8. Biggest, longest, tallest, stinkiest: Food records that will amaze you
9. Who thought of that: Incredible food inventions
10. Everything but the kitchen sink: More fabulous food trivia

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