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    • By: Steve Ettlinger
    • Narrated by: Mark Lund
    • Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-07
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 99 ratings
    • Twinkie, Deconstructed demystifies some of America's most common processed food ingredients: where they come from, how they are made, how they are used, and why....

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    • The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
    • By: George Zaidan
    • Narrated by: George Zaidan
    • Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 280 ratings
    • Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won’t, and why - explained with high-octane hilarity, hysterical hijinks, and other things that don’t begin with the letter H....

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    • How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health
    • By: David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 06-21-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
    • David R. Montgomery and Anne Bikle take us far beyond the well-worn adage to deliver a new truth: the roots of good health start on farms. What Your Food Ate marshals evidence to illustrate how the health of the soil ripples through to that of crops, livestock, and ultimately us....

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    • A Plant's-Eye View of the World
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 224 ratings
    • In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular plant....

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    • A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
    • Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 05-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 202 ratings
    • Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the best-selling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic and culinary story of milk and all things dairy....

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    • Why the Secret to Health and Weight Loss Is Already in Your Gut
    • By: Tim Spector
    • Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
    • Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 308 ratings
    • From the author of Identically Different comes a new look at nutritional health, showing us that breakthrough research on microbiomes could hold the key to healthy diets....

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    • The Art and Science of What We Eat
    • By: John McQuaid
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 01-13-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Tasty explains the scientific research taking place on multiple fronts: how genes shape our tastes, how the mind assembles flavors from the five senses....

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    • The Slow Loss of Foods We Love
    • By: Simran Sethi
    • Narrated by: Therese Plummer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • Award-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes....

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    • How the Industrial Food System Is Changing Our Minds, Bodies, and Culture
    • By: Kristin Lawless
    • Narrated by: Jennywren Walker
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 06-19-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • In Formerly Known as Food, Kristin Lawless argues that, because of the degradation of our diet, our bodies are changing from the inside out. The billion-dollar food industry is reshaping our food preferences, altering our brains, and even affecting the expression of our genes....

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    • The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine
    • By: Kevin Begos
    • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 06-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • The characters in Tasting the Past include a young Swiss scientist who set out to decode the DNA of every single wine grape in the world; Middle Eastern researchers who seek to discover the wines that King David drank; and much more....

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    • The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling
    • By: Meathead Goldwyn, Greg Blonder PhD - with
    • Narrated by: Jim Seybert
    • Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • The founder and editor of the world's most popular BBQ and grilling website, amazingribs.com, Meathead Goldwyn applies the latest research to backyard cooking more than 100 thoroughly tested recipes....

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    • Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future
    • By: Bartow J. Elmore
    • Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 128 ratings
    • This authoritative and eye-opening history examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system....

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    • Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well
    • By: Tim Spector
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat has never seemed so complicated....

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    • By: Michael H. Tunick
    • Narrated by: Dennis Holland
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 12-24-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 177 ratings
    • In an engaging tour of the science and history of cheese, Michael Tunick explores the art of cheese making....

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    • How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal
    • By: Melanie Warner
    • Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 04-29-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 140 ratings
    • Combining meticulous research, vivid writing, and cultural analysis, Warner blows the lid off the largely undocumented - and lightly regulated - world of chemically treated and processed foods....

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    • Inside Silicon Valley’s Mission to Change What We Eat
    • By: Larissa Zimberoff
    • Narrated by: Larissa Zimberoff
    • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Investigative reporter Larissa Zimberoff pokes holes in the marketing mania behind today’s changing food landscape and clearly shows the trade-offs of replacing real food with technology-driven approximations with news-breaking revelations....

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    • Understanding Faults in Wine
    • By: Jamie Goode
    • Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
    • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 10-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • Jamie Goode brings his authoritative voice to the table once again to demystify the science behind what causes a good bottle of wine to go bad. By exposing the root causes of faults in wine, Flawless challenges us to rethink our assumptions about how wine should taste....

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    • Field Notes on the Future of Food
    • By: Dan Barber
    • Narrated by: Dan Barber
    • Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 05-20-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,247 ratings
    • Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: The local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food....

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    • GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future
    • By: Caitlin Shetterly
    • Narrated by: Caitlin Shetterly
    • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • A disquieting and meditative look at the issue that started the biggest food fight of our time: GMOs....

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    • On the Trail of the World’s Most Seductive Scent, with Dreamers, Schemers, and Some Extraordinary Dogs
    • By: Rowan Jacobsen
    • Narrated by: Sam Rushton
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • A captivating exploration into the secretive and sensuous world of truffles, the elusive food that has captured hearts, imaginations, and palates worldwide....

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