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Children's Children's Books Children's Cookbooks Cooking Cultural Studies Customs, Traditions, Anthropology Education & Reference Explore the World Geography & Cultures Holiday Cooking Literature & Fiction Mystery & Wonders Politics & Social Sciences Regional & International Science, Nature & How It WorksIf you thought that after watching the tribe members on "Survivor" trying to eat local insects and assorted delicacies the past few years there was nothing left to turn your stomach at the dinning table, then this book will quickly set you straight. "It's Disgusting and We Ate It!: True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History" has author James Solheim and artist Eric Brace giving young readers a taste of what...
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I've got to meet this author! He's got a wonderful sense of humor and is able to capture the "just gross enough" aspect of human nature. If you have a child who loves to pretend he's eating real worms in front of his little sister just to gross her out, you NEED this book. I love it, cover to cover.
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Anyone for some soup made with birds' nests?? How about "1,000 year old eggs" aged in mud?? Live maggots?? I've got it, seaweed!! What?! You want to eat HAMBURGER?!? HOW REVOLTING!! :)Food cuisine from around the world and the strange things people have found to be delicacies is the topic of this fun book. While most American children wouldn't eat cooked spiders for a million dollars, they may be interested to find...
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I laughed so hard while reading this book. The information is presented in a humorous way through anecdotes, poems, and illustrations. My favorite section of the book gave homage to those three famous words "tastes like chicken." It was also interesting to read about what food items make a medieval feast successful, and you may never want to eat a hot dog again after you read the truth about hot dogs. This book is a thematic...
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My family and I truly enjoyed reading this book. My kids found it to be thoroughly disgusting and, as such, a great deal of fun. They like to discuss it with their friends and gross each other out. I found it to be very interesting. I was impressed with the author's research and, seemingly, first hand experience on the subject (I hope this isn't true for his sake). As a foreigner, I thougth he approached the subject...
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