Dining a la Carte

The Poem:

Dinner at the New Gene Café

The Chocolate Tree

Salt Sugar Fat

Roast Figs Sugar Snow

All You Can Eat

Dinner at the New Gene Café by Bill Lambrecht; 363.19 L226d

Labrecht exposes the impact genetically altered foods have made on American consumers. 

The Chocolate Tree: A Cultural History of Cacao by Allen M. Young; 641.3374 Y68c

The humble cacao plant and its history are chronicled in this newly updated book. 

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss; 641.42 M913s

Did you know that an average American consumes 33 lbs. of cheese and 70 lbs. of sugar in a year? That doesn’t sound so appetizing, but Mr. Moss argues that the American food industry wants us to keep eating all of that and more. 

Roast Figs Sugar Snow: Winter Food to Warm the Soul by Diana Henry; 641.5 H521r

Henry celebrates winter food with recipes from Canada, Russia, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, France, Britain, and the United States. 

All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America by Joel Berg; 363.8 B493h

Food insecurity and poverty in United States are the focus of this book, and the author offers solutions for politicians and average citizens to help alleviate the problem.