Reviews

It's Disgusting and We Ate It!: True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History by James Solheim

allmadhere106's review against another edition

4.0

This book effectively explains the origins of some of the strangest things that we as a society eat as well as other "gross" foods from across the globe. The book gives both entertaining explanations and cute poems in each section, so readers will be able to break up facts into multiple channels. Solheim also gives a bibliography and full citations at the end of the book to encourage further research for interested parties. It's an adorably fun book with quick facts, but the amount of information would be a deterrent for younger readers.

shanbear16's review against another edition

5.0

This book is awesome! It has great history wrapped up in a package that will appeal to kids. I'm using this in a program this summer and I know the kids will love it.

typewriterdeluxe's review against another edition

3.0

This 1998 family favorite will still satisfy young readers who are hungry for that gross-out factor missing in much of nonfiction (or foodie books). The book contains a few dated sentences when describing cultural groups but as a whole I think the tone of the text does a good job of attempting to normalize "weird" foods (such as insects, frog, flower salad, seaweed) and questioning some "normal" foods (such as milk and cheese, mushrooms, honey, hot dogs).