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  <title><![CDATA[Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;P&gt;Food Bites is an easy-to-read, often humorous book on the scientific basis of the foods we eat, and answers those pesky, niggling questions such as: Is the quality of beer really affected by the type of water used? and Processed foods: good or bad? Readers will be captivated by this superbly written book, especially so as their guides are Professor Richard Hartel, professor of Food Engineering at UW-Madison, along with his daughter, AnnaKate Hartel. Professor Hartel has for the last four years penned a witty and illuminating column on all aspects of food science for the Capital Times of Madison, and his weekly wisdom has now been collected into a single publication. With a huge and growing interest in the science of food, this treasure trove of knowledge and practical information, in 60 bite-sized chunks, is sure to be a bestseller.&lt;/P&gt;</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard W. Hartel]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This books is almost laughingly bad.  It has a very attractive cover and I'm always interested in food in science so it was hard to resist in the library.  By page two, though, I was checking the back flap to see who the author was and why he was so invested in promoting the commercial processing of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50929663">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Series of short essays about modern methods of food production, manufacture, and distribution, with forays into the science and history of same.<br/><br/>Hartel is a bit more enthusiastic about the safety and benefits of high-volume food processing/production than might be warranted. In one essay ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59994055">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first half was pretty interesting, but then it seemed like the author ran out of ideas and wrote several really dull chapters (like &quot;What is gelatin?&quot;. I actually skipped the last three chapters and returned it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There weren't as many fascinating facts in this book as I was expecting. It was a pretty boring book overall.]]></body>
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