Craving Earth

Craving Earth
Author: Sera L. Young
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2012
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0231146094

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Annotation Humans have eaten earth, on purpose, for more than 2,300 years. They also crave starch, ice, chalk and other unorthodox foods - but why? This book creates a portrait of pica, or non-food cravings, from humans' earliest ingestions to current trends and practices.