num_pages: 318
description: Youve seen the headlines: Parmesan cheese made from wood pulp. Lobster rolls containing no lobster at all. Extra-virgin olive oil that isnt. Fake foods are in our supermarkets our restaurants and our kitchen cabinets. Award-winning food journalist and travel writer Larry Olmsted exposes this pervasive and dangerous fraud perpetrated on unsuspecting Americans. Real Food/Fake Food brings readers into the unregulated food industry revealing that this shocking deception extends from high-end foods like olive oil wine and Kobe beef to everyday staples such as coffee honey juice and cheese. Its a massive bait and switch where counterfeiting is rampant and where the consumer ultimately pays the price. But Olmsted does more than show us what foods to avoid. A bona fide gourmand he travels to the sources of the real stuff to help us recognize what to look for eat and savor: genuine Parmigiano-Reggiano from Italy fresh-caught grouper from Florida authentic port from Portugal. Real foods that are grown raised produced and prepared with care by masters of their craft. Part cautionary tale part culinary crusade Real Food/Fake Food is addictively readable mouth-wateringly enjoyable and utterly relevant. Larry Olmsted convinces us why real food matters. 
language: English
title: Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It
publisher: Algonquin Books