Food is in the eye of the beholder. This book assembles an amazing and often stomach-turning array of things people put in their mouths. Quite apart from delighting readers with exotic entrees, Joanna Emery asks the burning questions:- If you find Fluffy on your plate, does that qualify as pet food’?- Why do roughly 20 people a year die after eating the Japanese Seafood Special?- Why would someone pay more than $300 for bird saliva?- What’s all the rage about Marmite and Vegemite?- Do you need to be from Transylvania to enjoy blood pudding and blood sausage?- Why would anyone indulge in geophagy-eating dirt?- Why do our food safety laws allow insect parts in peanut butter and chocolate?
