Were Potato Chips Really Invented by an Angry Chef?: And Other Questions about Food (Is That a Fact?)

Kops, Deborah

ISBN 10: 0761360999 ISBN 13: 9780761360995

Publisher: Lerner Publications ™, 2011

Synopsis

Adding salt to water makes it boil faster.
Eating turkey makes you sleepy.
Organic food is best for the environment.

You may have heard these common sayings and beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let’s investigate seventeen food-related statements and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump the experts! Find out whether fats are always bad for you! Learn if rhubarb leaves are really poisonous! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah Kops has written more than twenty books for children and young adults. She lives with her husband and son in Greater Boston, and enjoys visiting old historic cities along the Atlantic coast, such as Salem, Massachusetts, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0761360999
• ISBN 13: 9780761360995
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 40