Rude Dude's Book of Food : Stories Behind Some of the Crazy-Cool Stuff We Eat

It's actually true that Mongol warriors rode with slabs of raw meat under their saddles then ate them that night in camp! It's actually true that Chinese archaeologists found 4,000-year-old noodles in an overturned cup. It's actually true that Americans buy $1 billion worth of chocolate each Valentine's Day. You think food is just stuff we eat!? Come on! There's a world full of great food stories out there—and Rude Dude's going to tell them! Provides information about the origins of such common foods as chocolate, hamburgers, noodles, pizza, and Chinese food, the different ways people eat them, and healthy eating habits