Can You Trust a Tomato in January?: The Hidden Life of Groceries and Other Secrets of the Supermarket Revealed at Last

By Vince Staten

Book Overview

From Simon & Schuster and the author of Real Barbecue, Can You Trust a Tomato in January is everything you wanted to know (and a few things you didn't) about food in the grocery store.

An informative tour of the grocery store answers questions about history, sociology, marketing, economics, chemistry, and nutrition of modern food.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671885782
• ISBN13: 9780671885786
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

book adds much to one's knowledge of all "produce"

6/22/08 Purchased with others as an add'l buy of author Vince Staten's books purchased as Xmas gifts, this one which I bought myself was even better than I expected..Staten's books on trivia which have catchy titles (e.g.:subtitle/title :In Search Of America's Great Barbershops : "Do Bald Men Get Half-Price Hair Cuts")contain many facts and admit when it is only "hear-say".... In "Can You Trust A Tomato In January?", it mentions facts like "a watermelon is a vegetable but is listed as a fruit at the market and a tomato is a fruit but is listed as a vegetable at the market". 6/22/08 abj

fun, informative and hard to put down.

I felt as if I was traveling up and down each aisle as I gained information about food products that I pick up at my local grocery store.I laughed and learned as I turned each page. I recommend this book to the food shoppers of the world and I look forward to reading to other books written by Vince Staten.