One of my goals this year is to read through some of the (too) many non-fiction self-help books that sit unread on my bookshelves. Previous reviews have been: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and The Brain, by John J. Ratey, MD with Eric Hagerman. Salt Sugar Fat: How The Food Giants Hooked Us, … Read more
Salt Sugar Fat: How The Food Giants Hooked Us*, by Michael Moss. Copyright 2013. ISBN-13: 978-1400069804 (*Amazon Affiliate Link) Salt Sugar Fat was an eye-opener, revealing the history, science, and marketing behind our present-day convenience / processed foods. I was a child of the 60s & 70s and thus remember a time when a trip to … Read more
I read this book as part of the 2017 European Reading Challenge and 100 Bestsellers List reading challenge. Hosseini is the author of bestsellers The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, both set in Hosseini’s homeland, Afghanistan. In And The Mountains Echoed, he returns yet again to Afghanistan and chronicles the lives of interconnected families and friends over … Read more
