Washoe County Library System

Travel through time on a culinary adventure that reveals the humble beginnings and climactic interludes of cuisine throughout the ages to reveal how food has made us who we are today, and how it shapes our future.

Provides complete and easy to follow action steps on how to diet smart. In depth instruction on how to reorganize your lifestyle to start building a healthier, slimmer you. Learn to: determine your ideal waist size & discover why waist is most important; decode food labels; use food to help you lose waist & weight; eat to energize your body and decrease binging; incorporate exercise into your daily routine; restock your kitchen so it makes you lose...

Anthony Bourdain continues to traverse the globe and discover other people and cultures through their cuisines. From chowing down on ox tails in Madrid during the World Cup to sampling Pakistani dishes and skiing indoors in Dubai, Bourdain always finds the new and exciting in every destination he travels to.

A boy was healed from all allergies and asthma after consuming raw milk and real food from farms. People formed food co-ops and private clubs to get these foods, only to have them raided by state and local governments.

Vegucated is a feature-length documentary that follows three meat-and-cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. Lured with true tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover hidden sides of animal agriculture and soon start to wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. Before long, they find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they supported just weeks before....

Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.

Dr. Michael Mosley and botanist James Wong celebrate the physics, chemistry, and biology hidden inside every bite of a next meal. Learn how the hidden chemistry of food keeps bodies fit and healthy; take a global culinary adventure to reveal the science that makes food taste delicious; and discover how the chemistry in food affects the brain and creates the deepest cravings.

Demonstrates the secrets to foolproof home cooking with no-nonsense reviews of kitchen equipment and supermarket ingredients. Includes 26 episodes, and recipes such as simple soups, pumpkin cheesecake, Italian classics, Mexican favorites, holiday cookies, and more.

Dr. Seuss is serving up laughs and lessons in the newly remastered TV classic, Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories! Join Sam-Am-I and his persistent attempts at introducing a reluctant fellow to a most delectable dish. Their escapades take them across a zany landscape while assembling a cast of characters that only the imagination of Dr. Seuss can bring to life. Will Sam-I-Am convince his new friend to take a chance and finally try something...

In six lessons, you'll learn how to move your dietary choices toward healthier, more enjoyable options and away from indulgence, deprivation, and nutritional missteps.