Let’s Talk About Food

Title: Let’s Talk About Food
Subtitle: Answers to Your Questions About Food and Nutrition
Genre: Cookbooks/Food
Editor: Philip L. White, Sc.D.
Illustrator: Unknown
Publisher: American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois
Year: 1967
Pages: 138
Format: Paperback, perfect-bound.
Provenance: Unknown
Topic Examples: Food Standards; Well-nourished?; Vitamin Supplements for Athletes; Dislikes Vegetables; Teenage Eating Habits; Candy and Soft Drinks; Iron Deficiency; Period of Rapid Weight Gain; Low Caloric Intake; Vitamin E; Goiter Incidences and Iodine Sources; Milk Fat; Meat Protein; Dark Meat vs. Light Meat; Peanut Butter; Fruits Canned in Heavy Syrup; Nutrients in Radishes; Types of Fried Potatoes; Frozen Onions; Pancakes; Nutritional Value of Grits; Margarines; Commercial Mayonnaise; Uncooked Frankfurters; Amygdalin Hazardous; Gluten Bread and Assimilation; Scalding Milk; Warming Baby Bottles; Corn Indigestible?; Batter and Dough; Teflon; Food Poisoning; Keeping “Leftovers”; Darkening of Catsup; Citric Acid; Whom to Contact About Wholesomeness of Food.
From the Foreword: “Food does more than satisfy hunger and provide pleasure, it also helps man to reach his genetic potential. The health and well-being of the people of the world now and in the future depend upon how efficiently man develops, protects and uses his food supply. Unfortunately, the gap between the world’s population and its food supply is widening; therefore, every person now alive has a responsibility to make good use of today’s food supply to prevent further widening of this gap.”
Random Passage: “The amount of a given herb used in preparing foods is so small that it’s nutritional contribution would be quite inconsequential. Herbs do, however, serve a very important function by giving our foods subtle flavors and aromas that tempt appetites and, thus, add considerable joy to eating.” (from Herbs)
Notes: Book of questions and answers regarding food and nutrition, produced by the American Medical Association (AMA). The text is about as dry as a forlorn package of week-old melba toast sitting on the clearance shelf at your local grocery. The inky illustrations are quite nice, however, and I have included several of them below for your enjoyment.