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Everything but the Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Didn’t Know About Food
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
ISBN 978-0-545-00398-8 PBK
128 pages
Ages 9 - 12
7” x 9”


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Everything but the Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Didn’t Know About Food
by Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod

What did you eat today?
  • Did you know that radishes are a common breakfast food in Japan?
  • Where does the expression “couch potato” come from?
  • What exactly are slugburgers and mudbugs?
  • Who was the Earl of Sandwich?
  • Can you really burn calories while reading this book?
Whether you’re eating lunch in the school cafeteria or having a snack attack in your kitchen at home, EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK is sure to satisfy your appetite for wacky food facts, fascinating trivia, superstitions, records, traditions, inventions and more!




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Excerpt from Everything but the Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Didn’t Know About Food
by Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod
illustrated by Travis King






From Everything but the Kitchen Sink. Text copyright © 2008 by Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod. Illustration copyright © 2008 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.