Best Reads 2023 at BCIT Library: Food

"Humans first processed food by crushing grain to make bread, but in recent decades, ultraprocessed products made with fillers, additives and synthetic ingredients have come to dominate the food supply. To demonstrate the health impacts, Dr. van Tulleken went on an ultraprocessed diet: “I became unwell very quickly,” he says. The book is both a fascinating history lesson and a cautionary tale. And it will make you much more careful about what you eat."

"What I found cooking through the book was a wealth of comforting, nourishing, often vegan recipes that I can already tell I’ll return to frequently. The jollof rice was full of acidic warmth from the tomatoes and gentle heat from the Scotch bonnet—a starchy foil for creamy coconut collards. The peanut-based mafé sauce is my new favorite meal-planning staple: it makes a luxurious topping for root vegetables or roasted eggplant " From Epicurious