First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

by Bee Wilson

Book Overview

We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a "portion" is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables -- or not. But how does this education happen? What are the origins of taste? In First Bite , award-winning food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465064981
• ISBN13: 9780465064984
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.6"