Describes some of the foods prepared in the various areas of what would become the United States during the colonial period. Includes recipes.

Collects fifty-four recipes--one for each state, the nation's capital, and three territories--that kids can make that represent the flavors of the region, from Gulf shrimp with lemon-garlic butter for Alabama to Wyoming's bison burgers.

Argues that the current American diet and food production practices are hazardous to both health and the environment--with dairy being even worse than meat--and advocates a vegan diet.

This book is a pictorial guide by Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, that describes how she and her daughters planted a vegetable garden on the White House's South Lawn as part of an initiative to raise awareness about childhood obesity. In February 2010, she launched Let's Move!, a nationwide initiative to address the epidemic of childhood obesity by bringing healthier food into schools and communities, and encouraging kids to be...

Alton Brown and his crew hit the road in pursuit of the the best food and dining.

Using long-forgotten WPA files archived in the Library of Congress, bestselling author Mark Kurlansky paints a detailed picture of Depression Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and customs they observed when planning and preparing meals.

A program director at the Culinary Institute of America draws on insights from psychology, anthropology, food science, and behavioral economics to examine the good and the bad in American food culture and how it relates to values that define the national character.

Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans travels across America to source regional ingredients and team up with local chefs to create a multicourse feast for friends.

"Robert Lustig's 90-minute YouTube video "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," has been viewed more than two million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years. In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering...