Real food fake food : why you don't know what you're eating & what you can do about it

Book 2016

"You've seen the headlines: Parmesan cheese made from sawdust. Lobster rolls containing no lobster at all. Extra virgin olive oil that isn't. Fake foods are in our supermarkets, our restaurants, and our kitchen cabinets. Award-winning food journalist and travel writer Larry Olmsted exposes the pervasive and dangerous fraud perpetrated on unsuspecting Americans. Real Food/Fake Food brings readers into the unregulated food industry, revealing the a...

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Artificial foods

Food Quality

Food additives

Food substitutes

Fraud

Nutrition

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ISBN:

9781616204211
1616204214

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xvii, 318 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Notes:

"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited."
Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Real food, perfected : a day in the life of Parma
What is fake food?
Fishy fish
Spoiled oils : olive and "truffle"
What's in a name? : real foods come from real places
Q:Where's the Kobe beef? A: not on your plate
Champagne and scotch : the sincerest form of flattery
Cheesy cheeses
Fine wines and not-so-fine wines
The other red (and white) meat?
Fakes, fakes, and more fakes : what else is there?

Control Number:

1662614

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