Knowledge in a Nutshell on Popular Products: Heinz Edition With International Recipes

by Charles Reichblum

Knowledge in a Nutshell on Popular Products Heinz Edition looks inside one of the world's most famous companies and tells the amazing story of its founder and development along with the many surprising food facts about Charlie the Tuna, Morris the 9-Lives Cat, how vinegar can help you with household chores and what honeybees and pickles have in common. Find out Why Henry Heinz chose "57 Varieties" for its slogan when they had more than 57 at the time...What popular food product was used as a medicine by Hippocrates in 400 B.C...How Henry Heinz literally "sank" his competition...You put ketchup on hot dogs-but why are they called hot dogs...Why accountants are called "bean counters." Over 500 amazing, astounding, fun facts-things you never knew about popular products. Another in the Knowledge in a Nutshell(tm) series of books that is a treasure chest for trivia buffs. This book also includes internationally recipes with conversion charts.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is fun to read about products everyone in the world knows about and how they came to be.