num_pages: 352
description: What if you could make everything you eat more delicious?As creator of the WNYC podcast The Sporkful and host of the Cooking Channel web series You're Eating It Wrong  Dan Pashman is obsessed with doing just that. Eat More Better weaves science and humor into a definitive illustrated guidebook for anyone who loves food. But this book isnt for foodies. Its for eaters.In the bestselling tradition of Alton Browns Good Eats and M.F.K. Fishers The Art of Eating  Pashman analyzes everyday foods in extraordinary detail to answer some of the most pressing questions of our time Is a cheeseburger better when the cheese is on the bottom closer to your tongue to accentuate cheesy goodness? What are the ethics of cherry-picking specific ingredients from a snack mix? And what role does surface-area-to-volume ratio play in fried food enjoyment and ice cube selection?Written with an infectious blend of humor and smarts Eat More Better is a tongue-in-cheek textbook that teaches readers to eat for maximum pleasure. Chapters are divided into subjects like engineering philosophy economics and physical science and feature hundreds of drawings charts and infographics to illustrate key concepts like The Porklifta bacon lattice structure placed beneath a pancake stack to elevate it off the plate thus preventing the bottom pancake from becoming soggy with syrup and imbuing the bacon with maple-based deliciousness.Eat More Better combines Pashmans award-winning writing with his unparalleled field research collected over thirty-seven years of eating at least three times a day. It delivers entertaining fascinating and practical insights that will satisfy your mind and stomach and change the way you look at food forever.Read this book and every bite you take will be better.
language: English
title: Eat More Better: How to Make Every Bite More Delicious
publisher: Simon & Schuster