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Sometimes a small book can tell a big story. Did you ever wonder where the banana came from or how it got its name? Are you aware that the first people to cultivate potatoes were not the Irish? Do you see what you have missed by not knowing the answers to these and other searing questions? Whether you do or not, the answers are here, well-researched and presented on a humorous platter of anecdotal material about your favorite foods and drinks. Learn about the tomato and why it was originally thought to be poisonous and understand why some bottled water may be hazardous to your health. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, it is sometimes said, but in the case of A Taste of Funny, it can only make you look at the culinary cosmos with a new and more discerning eye.
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Starting some twenty years ago as a short story writer of horror and ghostly fiction, Ms Dorfman has branched out into the worlds of journalism and humor. She publishes regularly in the Bristol Pilot and The Bucks County Herald and also maintains seven web sites offering well-researched articles on a wide variety of subjects ranging from general humor, food, drink and pop culture to the challenges of aging, maintaining a household and being a non-mechanical soul in a technological society. Her newest site, What's New, Emu?, expresses, in its own unique way, her love of all animals.
Sometimes a small book can tell a big story. Did you ever wonder where the banana came from or how it got its name? Are you aware that the first people to cultivate potatoes were not the Irish? Do you see what you have missed by not knowing the answers to these and other searing questions? Whether you do or not, the answers are here, well-researched and presented on a humorous platter of anecdotal material about your favorite foods and drinks. Learn about the tomato and why it was originally thought to be poisonous and understand why some bottled water may be hazardous to your health. A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, it is sometimes said, but in the case of A Taste of Funny, it can only make you look at the culinary cosmos with a new and more discerning eye.
About the Author
Starting some twenty years ago as a short story writer of horror and ghostly fiction, Ms Dorfman has branched out into the worlds of journalism and humor. She publishes regularly in the Bristol Pilot and The Bucks County Herald and also maintains seven web sites offering well-researched articles on a wide variety of subjects ranging from general humor, food, drink and pop culture to the challenges of aging, maintaining a household and being a non-mechanical soul in a technological society. Her newest site, What's New, Emu?, expresses, in its own unique way, her love of all animals.
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- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Phoenix 60p paperbacks) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge on page 53
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