9780595414291-059541429X-Why Humans Like Junk Food: The Inside Story on Why You Like Your Favorite Foods, the Cuisine Secrets of Top Chefs, and How to Improve Your Own Cooking Without a Recipe!

Why Humans Like Junk Food: The Inside Story on Why You Like Your Favorite Foods, the Cuisine Secrets of Top Chefs, and How to Improve Your Own Cooking Without a Recipe!

ISBN-13: 9780595414291
ISBN-10: 059541429X
Edition: 0
Author: Steven Witherly
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: iUniverse
Format: Paperback 310 pages
Category: Special Diet
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ISBN-13: 9780595414291
ISBN-10: 059541429X
Edition: 0
Author: Steven Witherly
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: iUniverse
Format: Paperback 310 pages
Category: Special Diet

Summary

Why Humans Like Junk Food: The Inside Story on Why You Like Your Favorite Foods, the Cuisine Secrets of Top Chefs, and How to Improve Your Own Cooking Without a Recipe! (ISBN-13: 9780595414291 and ISBN-10: 059541429X), written by authors Steven Witherly, was published by iUniverse in 2007. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Special Diet books. You can easily purchase or rent Why Humans Like Junk Food: The Inside Story on Why You Like Your Favorite Foods, the Cuisine Secrets of Top Chefs, and How to Improve Your Own Cooking Without a Recipe! (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Special Diet books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.58.

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Our major drive to eat centers around pleasure. But withoutunderstanding the nature of food pleasure and perception, we can'tmake useful modifications to food. Why Humans Like Junk Food:Edible Pleasure Explainedexplores, for the first time, thephysiological basis for "food pleasure" and why these cravings occur.Author Steven Witherly chronicles how chefs and food scientistsmake our favorite foods taste irresistible. He also simplifies andoutlines the various food-related pleasure principles through the useof general observations, aphorisms, and theories. Witherly shares thereasons why we like everything from gourmet coffee to Southern friedchicken, culinary secrets of the top chefs, and the eight biggestcooking mistakes amateurs make. Without even opening a cookbook,Witherly can show you how to use ingredients that will add the mostpleasure to your culinary experience.For the everyday cook, dietician, food scientist, or professional chef,this revolutionary guide can help you improve your cooking byexplaining the physiological power of great-tasting food!

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