Sometimes it’s neither art nor science that serves as the origins of the everyday kitchen and food items that we take for granted today. Sometimes, as Josh Chetwynd shows us in How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun, some of our greatest culinary achievements were simply by-products of “damned good luck.” In How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun, Josh explores the origins of kitchen inventions, products, and foodstuff in seventy-five short essays that dispel popular myths and draw lines between food facts and food fiction. Josh’s charming text combined with simple line illustrations makes this an excellent gift and go-to source book for all food and trivia buffs.
REVIEWED IT I found this book enjoyable. The information was new to me, and presented in a fun and easy format. I would recomend it for anyone looking for this type of “dinner table” conversation.
Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance This delightful, informative book provides the kind of fun facts you can use to impress and entertain people of all ages. It’s always fun to find out about the origins of those things we eat and drink everyday without giving much thought to why and how they came to be a natural part of our lives.
An enjoyable exploration of food. This was a very enjoyable book. It was a lot less biased than the last kitchen based history I read (Consider the Fork: How Technology Transforms the Way We Cook and Eat). This was much more of a presentation of the actual history of the items. I already new some of the stories, but still enjoyed the tales. The ones I didn’t know were extremely interesting, one even helped me on a recent trivia game. If you are interested in food, or history, especially the combination of both, I would…