I like this series. Nice chunks (since it's based on newspaper columns), gentle humor, and great science.
Very much like the first book. Like the science bits on Good Eats? You'll like this, too. There's even more science in this one, confined to sidebars that can be read or ignored at all. You can also ignore the horrible food-related puns between articles.
"all other things and never equal" and "all-natural" does not necessarily mean healthy. Excellent look at the science in your kitchen.
A modestly entertaining pop science book. I am naturally drawn to science books, mostly preferring "real ones" over pop science which often tend to dumb things down way too much. This book and its predecessor however are exceptions to that rule in that they keep things reasonably "science-y" but s...
I like this series. Nice chunks (since it's based on newspaper columns), gentle humor, and great science.