Why Americans Zig Zag When They Eat

By Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls

Why Americans Zig Zag When They Eat is a fascinating, entertaining, wry and utterly absorbing book, combining hilarious yet unbelievable snippets from their travels, with an array of historical,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860111742
• ISBN13: 9781860111747
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

A compendium of odd cultural facts and habits

Trivia is delightful and fun given the all-embracing focus of Why Americans Zigzag When They Eat, a compendium of odd cultural facts and habits under one cover. The focus on different cultural habits makes for a lively set of insights pairing history with fun. There are culinary insights, questionable origins of chess, and much more. A perfect gift for that trivia buff who has had primarily word histories in past, and enjoys oddities.