{"product_id":"pandoras-lunchbox-how-processed-food-took-over-the-american-meal-9781451666748","title":"Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore's Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e comes an \"indispensable,\" (New York \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e) fascinating, and cutting-edge look from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Feather Effect \u003c\/i\u003eat the scary truth about what really goes into our food.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf a piece of individually wrapped cheese can retain its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed to our children? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e business reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that took her to research labs, university food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening--and sometimes disturbing--account of what we're really eating. Warner looks at how decades of food science have resulted in the cheapest, most abundant, most addictive, and most nutritionally inferior food in the world, and she uncovers startling evidence about the profound health implications of the packaged and fast foods that we eat on a daily basis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining meticulous research, vivid writing, and cultural analysis, Warner blows the lid off the largely undocumented--and lightly regulated--world of chemically treated and processed foods and lays bare the potential price we may pay for consuming even so-called healthy foods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarner, Melanie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Melanie Warner is a freelance writer for various publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e. She has spent the past fifteen years writing about business, first as a writer at \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where among other things, she wrote about the dotcom boom in Silicon Valley. She was also a staff reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, covering the food industry. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Feather Effect\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePandora's Lunchbox\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives in Honolulu.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544509321490,"sku":"9781451666748","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfd7593f-9cfe-48b4-a1aa-030db378a53b.jpg?v=1731529514","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pandoras-lunchbox-how-processed-food-took-over-the-american-meal-9781451666748","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}