The Tastemakers: Why We're Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue
Tastemaker, n. Anyone with the power to make you eat quinoa.Kale. Spicy sriracha sauce. Honeycrisp apples. Cupcakes. These days, it seems we are constantly discovering a new food that will make us healthier, happier, or even somehow cooler. Chia seeds, after a brief life as a novelty houseplant...
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Tastemaker, n. Anyone with the power to make you eat quinoa.Kale. Spicy sriracha sauce. Honeycrisp apples. Cupcakes. These days, it seems we are constantly discovering a new food that will make us healthier, happier, or even somehow cooler. Chia seeds, after a brief life as a novelty houseplant and I Love the ’80s punchline, are suddenly a superfood. Not long ago, that sam
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780771079412 (0771079419)
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
A delicious read and a fun romp for anyone who has followed food fads of the last few years with interest or cynicism. It's a very journalistic take: not much in the way of analysis, but lots of interviews, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and brief histories that make it a pleasurable read.