NYU’s Institute of Public Knowledge is hosting the launch of Practicing Food Studies, edited by Amy Bentley, Fabio Parasecoli, and Krishnendu Ray. I wrote the Foreword. We will all provide brief perspectives on our quarter century of teaching food studies. For information and registration, click here. For 30% off on the book, click here.
by Marion Nestle
Feb
18
2014
To start the work week: “Caffeinated”
Murray Carpenter. Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us. Hudson Street Press, 2014.
I learned some things I didn’t know about caffeine from this book, which is why I blurbed it:
Caffeinated is a surprising exposé of the “caffeine industrial complex,” the industry that markets this substance in every form it can. This book compellingly argues that the health hazards of excessive caffeine intake need more attention and better regulation. I’m convinced. You will be too.