The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Platt, Richard

They Ate What?!: The Weird History of Food

48 pp. | Two-Can | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 1-58728-577-0 $16.95 | Paper ISBN 1-58728-578-9 $8.95

(3) 4-6 "Deep-fried grasshoppers make a tasty, crunchy snack! Mmmmmm." This is just one of the exotic delicacies offered in this entertaining book of foods and manners from times and cultures far and near. The busy layout includes photos that provide shock value--a fistful of fat grubs, a fresh catch of field rats. The introduction warns against trying these cuisines. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Christina Dorr