Eating the Alphabet: An A-Z of Curiosities from the World of FoodHardcover, 1 April 2015

Hundreds of surprising and astonishing facts about food are revealed in this unusual A to Z

From A to Z, Eating the Alphabet is a wonderful dictionary of the essential and the ridiculous relating to all things food and drink. People and inventions, recipes and their origins, vegetables and fine wines; all are served up and dissected to reveal the curiosities that we swallow up every day. Enteries include "A" for Artusi and the case of minestroni and cholera, "M" for Marilyn Monroe and her artichoke crown, "Q" for Quiche and how an Italian ambassador mispronounced it to barmaids, and "S" for (Granny) Smith and her unintended orchard.