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Pandora's Lunchbox How Processed Food Took over the American Meal

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ISBN-10: 145166673X

ISBN-13: 9781451666731

Edition: 2013

Authors: Melanie Warner

List price: $29.99
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In the tradition ofFast Food NationandThe Omnivore’s Dilemmaa fascinating and cutting-edge look at the scary truth about what really goes into our food.If a piece of individually wrapped cheese retains its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed our children? FormerNew York Timesbusiness reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that takes her to research labs, food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening—and sometimes disturbing—account of what we’re really…    
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Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 2/26/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Introduction
Weird Science
The Crusading Chemist
The Quest for Eternal Cheese
Extruded and Gun Puffed
Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again
Better Living through Chemistry
The Joy of Soy
Extended Meat
Why Chicken Needs Chicken Flavor
Healthy Processed Foods
Sit at Home and Chew
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index