Ever been tempted by the thought of trying juicy deep fried mealworms, proteinrich cricket flower, or swapping your Walkers for salt and vinegar flavoured grasshoppers? If so then you are not alone! Over 2 billion people regularly eat insects as part of their diet, and the world is home to around 1,900 edible insect species.For adventurous foodies and daring dieters comes the newest way to save the planet, eat more protein, and tickle taste buds. But this isn’t an insect cookbook. ...

What are the most statistically-effective flirting techniques? Is there any such thing as an aphrodisiac? And why does everyone on earth fancy George Clooney?In Loveology, science writer and TV presenter Stefan Gates (author of Rude Science) combines evidence-based research by psychologists, biochemists and neuroscientists to take you on an enlightening journey through some very sticky subjects in his usual humorous style.Packed with surpr...

Gastronaut is an irreverent journey through the crazy, twisted, mixed-up world of food. Its full of extraordinary, extravagant and bizarre culinary experiences, arcane information and practical recipes for spectacular food.Each of us will spend 16 per cent of our waking lives cooking and eating. That time is far too precious to waste on chores, so why not turn cooking into an adventure? This book of strange and wonderful gastronomic quests will help you do just that.

Catology explores the bizarre and very funny world of feline science.Vital questions answered include:Why do cats have a secret second nose?Why don’t cats fart (but dogs do)?Do cats feel guilt, love, happiness or jealousy?Why are cats’ tongues covered in microscopic hooks?Do cats always land on their feet?Why are cats so scared of cucumbers?Why do cats purr both when happy and when d...

Rude Science is an extraordinary exploration of the embarrassing world of human biology.Eternal questions answered include:· How much snot do you produce each day?· Why do men have nipples?· Is it possible to burp and hiccup at the same time?· How does phlegm defy gravity?· What is toe cheese?Following in the flatulent footsteps of Fartology, quirkologist Stefan Gates expl...

Award-winning food writer Stefan Gates has travelled the world to investigate how people cook, eat and survive in extreme conditions for the acclaimed BBC television series Cooking in the Danger Zone. He drank radioactive wine with babushkas in Chernobyl, ate fat-tailed sheep with Taliban warlords in Afghanistan, yak's penis with Chinese Communists, civet cat with the Karen rebels deep in the Burmese jungle and rotting walrus with the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic.In this b...

Stefan Gates asks and answers all the questions about farts, so that you don't have to.What is a fart?Do all creatures fart?Why do farts smell?Why do we find them so embarrassing... and so darned funny?!Broadcaster and obsessive fartologist Stefan Gates tackles these pressing issues in Fartology, the first ever book to take a comprehensive, scientific look at the body’s extraordi...

Discover the seriously impressive science that goes on every time you cook or eat.Science You Can Eat will transform your kitchen into a lab through fun food experiments for children aged 7-11. Explore the science of food by asking questions you’re hungry to know the answers to and putting them to the test through fun experiments.Cooking is chemistry, and the fun science experiments–such as tricking your taste buds, making slime taste delicious, an...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*Life-changing food adventures around the world.From bat on the island of Fais to chicken on a Russian train to barbecue in the American heartland, from mutton in Mongolia to couscous in Morocco to tacos in Tijuana - on the road, food nourishes us not only physically, but intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually too. It can be a gift that enables a traveller to survive, a doorway into the heart of a tribe...

Dogology explores the bizarre and very funny world of canine science.Vital questions answered include:Why do dogs fart (but cats don’t)?Do dogs feel guilt, love, happiness or jealousy?What does it mean when a dog wags its tail more to the right or the left?Why do dogs poo with their bodies aligned north-to-south?Do dogs dream? If so, what about?How do dogs smell epilepsy, cancer and human sadn...

'Stefan Gates on E Numbers' is a myth-busting celebration of 'E's--the additives and preservatives that make up Britain's most feared ingredients. Most of the food we eat has them yet we are hugely suspicious of them and believe that they cause everything from twitchy eyelids to colon cancer. In this book Stefan discusses just how bad our food would taste, how wrong it would look and how potentially lethal it would be if we didn't have E numbers. You may not realize that many of the finest...