Summary: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INKim, Aram
Summary: "Yoomi hates stinky spicy kimchi--until Grandma makes kimchi pancakes for her!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMSmith, Ian
Summary: A guide to clean eating outlines a diet and exercise program for minimizing unhealthy processed foods as part of a lifestyle practice for weight loss, disease prevention, and overall better health, citing the importance of not eliminating food groups and meeting nutritional needs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.3 SMICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.3 SMIWebster, Christy
Summary: From the tallest cake ever made to the most peanut butter and jelly sandwiches eaten in a minute, these Guinness World Records will make you hungry for greatness!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WEBBruel, Nick
Summary: "Bad Kitty knows exactly what she wants. Candy! And nothing will stand in her way"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRUGunderson, Mary
Summary: "Discusses the everyday life, family roles, cooking methods, and common foods of pioneers who settled in the Midwest during the last 1800s and early 1900s. Includes recipes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 641.5 GUNMcGee, Joe
Summary: Unlike the other zombies in Quirkville, Reginald would rather eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich than brains, but getting his hands on one--and keeping the other zombies' hands off the girl who is carrying the sandwich--will not be easy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCGLaRochelle, David.
Summary: A young girl must face her least favorite food when a mean gang of green beans kidnaps her parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LARParkinson, Betsy
Summary: "Piper the piglet is a very picky eater, who will only eat food beginning with the letter "P"--and somehow her parents must break her of this strange quirk, and get her to eat other good foods."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARKann, Victoria.
Summary: Pinkalicious: A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC 2012
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Summary: Rhyming text invites the reader to imagine being a hungry raccoon, crocodile, shark, whale, or panda bear while learning what each creature enjoys eating.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Arnosky 2008Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE GOBGoulding, Matt
Summary: Grape, Olive, Pig is a deeply personal exploration of Spain, a country where eating and living are inextricably linked. Crafted in the "refreshing" (Associated Press), "inspirational" (Publishers Weekly) and "impeccably observed" (Eater.com) style of the acclaimed Rice, Noodle, Fish, and written with the same evocative voice of the award-winning magazine Roads & Kingdoms, this magnificent...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 GOUMarshall, Jeannie.
Summary: "A lively story about food, family and identity that will make even the most inexperienced among us want to start chopping and cooking. When journalist Jeannie Marshall moved to Rome with her husband, she immersed herself in Italy's famous culinary traditions. But when the couple's son was born a few years later, Marshall began to see how Italy's great food culture was eroding, especially...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 MARSummary: An anthology of short poems inspired by food, from soup to dessert, and written by such poets as Lewis Carroll, Douglas Florian, A.A. Milne, and Edward Lear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2004
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Summary: Describes some of the foods prepared in the various areas of what would become the United States during the colonial period. Includes recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5973 ERDGunderson, Mary.
Summary: Discusses the everyday life, family roles, cooking methods, and common foods of pioneers who traveled west on the Oregon Trail during the nineteenth century. Includes recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Earth Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5978 GUNHartwig, Melissa.
Summary: "Millions of people visit Whole30.com every month and share their stories of weight loss and lifestyle makeovers. Hundreds of thousands of them have read It Starts With Food, which explains the science behind the program. At last, The Whole30 provides the step-by-step, recipe-by-recipe guidebook that will allow millions of people to experience the transformation of their entire life in just one...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 613.2 HARHirigoyen, Gerald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5946 HIRKingsolver, Barbara.
Summary: When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. "Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, we'd know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 641.0973 KINLangholtz, Gabrielle
Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5973 LANSummary: Thousands of years ago, Hippocrates said that all disease begins in the gut. Scientific research has proven this idea to be true. In Healthy Gut, Healthy You, clinician and researcher Dr. Michael Ruscio shows how modern lifestyle changes and the widespread use of antibiotics have made our guts more vulnerable than ever before. Over two thousand years ago, Hippocrates said that all disease...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ruscio Institute 2018
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Summary: Mama Witch tries to get her daughter to eat some Halloween soup before going out to trick-or-treat, but Picky Little Witch finds many reasons to refuse. Includes a recipe for soup.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE BROEvans, Dick.
Summary: While looking for treasure at the end of the rainbow, Annie Oxidant and her dog Phyto meet farmer Brock O'Lee and a boy named Rudy Baga. Farmer Brock shows them that by using the colors of the rainbow, kids can learn how to find and eat healthy foods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bear Clause Publications 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 613.2 EVAKann, Victoria.
Summary: A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rayo 2011