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Series
Publisher
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Everybody has a favorite food. Some enjoy sweet treats like rich honey or ripe, juicy berries. Others prefer the savory comforts of warming matzo ball soup or creamy chicken Alfredo. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, fourteen children's book artists share their favorite foods and why they love them. Artists include: Aki, Isabelle Arsenault, Brigette Barrager, Matthew Cordell, Benji Davies, Karen Katz, Laurie Keller, Juliet...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
""Is this normal picky eating stuff, or is there more going on here?" It's a question many parents worry about, and the same question one mom asked Jennifer Friedman in a session about her son Ryder, who struggled to eat more than chicken nuggets and French fries. In Stories of Extreme Picky Eating, Jennifer invites you into her nutritional therapy office to meet real kids struggling with serious food aversions, and learn the strategies that helped...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Parents can be so frustrating! All these kids want is for their ice-cream-and-chips-loving parents to try one bite of healthy whole foods. They're sure their parents will like fruits and veggies if they'll just taste them! Instead, their parents make dramatic barfing sounds, cover their mouths with their hands, and sneak the veggies to the dog. Is there anything that can convince these picky parents to try something green?... Adam Mansbach and Camila...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In Muffuletta, being good at eating is the key to success. French fries and grilled cheese? Beginner food! Haggis and truffles? Delicacies! After failing a school eating test, picky eater Minerva is placed in the lowest eating track of all: Remedial Eating to Change Habits. RETCH class is full of kids with weird personalities and even weirder food preferences. And to make matters worse, Minerva's best friends, in the Gifted and Gourmet class, no longer...
Author
Series
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After Sybil learns that Bolivar, her dinosaur friend, only eats corned beef sandwiches, she convinces him to sample some of the various cuisines of New York City's five boroughs. Includes descriptions of notable foods, such as rugelach, pretzels, dim sum, falafel, cannoli, bagels, pizza, and others --
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Discusses the enduring appeal of soul food. Presents an overview of its history, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
Author
Publisher
Harmony
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Haylie Pomroy, celebrated nutritionist, and New York Times bestselling author of The Fast Metabolism Diet shares a prescription for total health based on decades of work using food as metabolic medicine. Our bodies are always talking; we just need to learn how to listen to them. Sometimes they whisper to us--our energy is off, our body shape is morphing in ways we don't like. Sometimes they try to give us straight talk, pushing our cholesterol a...
30) I am Sam-I-Am
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Sam-I-Am -- he likes to eat green eggs and ham! A super-simple board book perfect for Dr. Seuss's young fans!"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Prism
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Intuitive Eating for Every Day: 365 Daily Meditations and Inspirations for Making Peace with Food Intuitive Eating is a true lifestyle change. It's a journey of self-discovery, awareness, and letting go of diet culture. It will heal your relationship with food, your mind, and help you re-connect with your own body. Ultimately, it will liberate you from a world obsessed with appearance and ground you in your feelings and thoughts. This book of meditations...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What we eat matters--to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This ... book will show you how to make simple choices, starting today--in the supermarket, in your kitchen, and in the world--to reduce your environmental impact. Hundreds of cool foods exist, but until now have gone largely uncelebrated for their climate-positive powers. Some of these foods may already...
Author
Series
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine can offer in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of digestive conditions, gastrointestinal disease, diabetes, and obesity. By blending modern research with ancient practices, this book will help readers stay positive and keep motivated along their journey toward better health and overall well-being.--Publisher.
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