Bread rises, mint feels cool, and a lemon brings a sharp sour taste. Everyday food is full of changes worth noticing. This illustrated book invites readers to ask what lies behind familiar ingredients and experiences.

Food and Eating Science explores 190 questions across eight chapters: Taste, Smell, and Flavor; Ingredients and Food Molecules; Heat and Cooking; Baking, Bubbles, and Texture; Microbes and Fermentation; Nutrition and Digestion; Preservation and Food Safety; and Food, Culture, and the Future.

Discover how taste and smell contribute to flavor, why texture changes an eating experience, and how ingredients behave when mixed or heated. Other questions introduce useful microbes, the body's use of nutrients, ways of preserving food, and the wider journey from production to the table.

Each question pairs a clear English explanation with a full-color illustration. A highlighted sentence brings the main idea into focus, while “Good to know” features add another detail to explore. Familiar examples encourage thoughtful conversations about food without turning the book into a recipe collection or a personal eating plan.

Choose a question for shared reading or follow an interest independently. This illustrated paperback brings curiosity to the kitchen table.

• 190 questions across eight chapters
• Full-color illustrations and clear English explanations
• Flavor, ingredients, cooking, fermentation, nutrition, and food culture
• Highlighted ideas and “Good to know” features
• English-language paperback, 14.5 × 21 cm

Book Details

Language

English

Format

Paperback, perfect bound

Trim size

14.5 × 21 cm

Interior

Full-color illustrations and text

Interior pages

200

Author / contributor

Rick Zhang

Publisher

ZHIDIAN INTERNATIONAL (USA) LLC

ISBN

9798907009103

What you receive

One physical printed book

Questions About This Edition

Is this a physical book or a download?

This is one physical paperback book, not a digital download.

What language is the book written in?

The book is written in English.

Does this edition include color illustrations?

Yes. This is the full-color illustrated edition.

What topic does this volume cover?

Bread rises, mint feels cool, and a lemon brings a sharp sour taste. Everyday food is full of changes worth noticing. This illustrated book invites readers to ask what lies behind familiar ingredients and experiences.