Stuart Farrimond

This was a Christmas gift off my wish list, and one of those filler type books to dip in and out of. I particularly liked reading it whilst eating my breakfast.

It's visually a very attractive book, with glorious infographics on every page. Split into morning, afternoon, evening and night sections, it covers a plethora of popular science questions.

From the title I'd hoped it would have new insights into best practices for good physical and mental health, but the content disappointed, and probably 90%+ was stuff I already knew.

3 stars - a nice book to gift to someone, but absolutely nothing new in the facts… (plus d'informations)

Dr. Farrimond is a specialist in the area of food science. He also is known for television, radio and public appearances. In this book Dr. Farrimond presents a book on the science of food that is easy to understand. There are more than 150 questions on the subject which he addresses along with tips and diagrams. Included are a vast area of food, taste, essentials and so much more. The book is interesting and the photography is amazing.

I love most aspects of science, but in the last few years I have found the science of food fascinating. Dr. Farrimond was able to expand my education in a way that I was able to comprehend easily. I see this book will become a part of my resource shelf to pull out to look at again and again.

I was given this book by NetGalley and DK in exchange for my honest review.… (plus d'informations)