Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal

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HardCover. Pub Date :2013-06-20 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: Scribner In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma comes a fascinating and cutting-edge look at the scary truth about what really goes into our food. If a piece of individually wrapped cheese can retain its shape. color. and texture for years. what does it say about the food we eat and feed to our childrenFormer New York Times business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that took her to research labs. university food science departments. and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare. eye-opening-and sometimes disturbing-account of what we ' re really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest...