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Save room for pie food songs and chewy ruminations

"The author of Alphabet Juice presents a wry exploration of the complicated consequences of food choices in today's world, sharing meditative poems, limericks and satirical articles on subjects ranging from bacon froth and kobe beef to the global climate and personal health.,"--NoveLi...

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Main Author: Blount, Roy, Jr., 1941- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Blount, Roy, > Jr., > 1941- > Anecdotes.
Food > Anecdotes.
Food in literature.
Anecdotes.
Summary: "The author of Alphabet Juice presents a wry exploration of the complicated consequences of food choices in today's world, sharing meditative poems, limericks and satirical articles on subjects ranging from bacon froth and kobe beef to the global climate and personal health.,"--NoveList.
Physical Description: xii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780374175207
0374175209
Author Notes: Roy Blount Jr. is the author of more than twenty books covering subjects from the Pittsburgh Steelers to Robert E. Lee to what dogs are thinking. He is a regular panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and is a member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel (the latter of which inspired Alphabet Juice and Alphabetter Juice ). Born in Indianapolis and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Blount now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, the painter Joan Griswold.

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