Did You Just Eat That?: Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five-Second Rule, and Other Food Myths in the Lab

by Brian Sheldon and Paul Dawson

Book Overview

When it comes to food safety and germs, there are as many common questions as there are misconceptions. And yet there has never been a book that clearly examines the science behind these important issues--until now. In Did You Just Eat That? food scientists Paul Dawson and Brian Sheldon take readers into the lab to show, for example, how they determine the amount of bacteria that gets transferred by sharing utensils or how many microbes live on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393609758
• ISBN13: 9780393609752
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.3"