Roach, Mary.
Summary: Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, Mary Roach investigates the beginning, and end, of our food.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 612.3 ROACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.3 ROARoach, Mary.
Summary: "The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn't the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013