The Year of Food in America Books

And some excellent ones too thus far:

0. Squeezed: What you don't know about Orange Juice Alissa Hamilton

1. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Harvard's Prof. Richard Wrangham

2. The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite again by Harvard's Dr.David Kessler

Of the first title, I have this to say. The first time I had O.J. out of a box on a British Airways flight, I thought "There has been some terrible mistake." That is a very distinct memory because I was 100% sure the flight attendant had given me a yellow colored concoction of chemicals instead of fruit juice. "These mixups happen," I wanted to tell her as I struggled to gulp that first mouthful.

Over the years, my taste buds came to terms with the reality of food in America; now my jaded tongue registers faint surprise when it encounters the real thing. So, that was a story idea waiting to be explored except I wouldn't have known how to go about it. Kudos, Alissa.