16 MAY 2016 Teach Your Children to Enjoy Healthy Eating In her engaging and wide-ranging account, Phillipov considers the changing fates and fortunes of fats across time and around the globe. From their past associations with prestige and social authority, to their links to the food industry practices and health scares of the twentieth century, to fat’s current renaissance in media and popular culture, she explores the complex meanings, debates and controversies that have surrounded this most basic of foods. Featuring a selection of recipes from around the world, Fats: A Global History reveals the sometimes surprising history of the cultural life of culinary fat. THIS MONTH’S LUCKY SUBSCRIBER, Sharyon Macintyre of Cold Storage Nelson in Richmond, will receive all four books reviewed on this page. B O O K R E V I E W S Are you tired of every meal time turning into a faceoff with your kids over a teaspoon of carrots? Do you worry your family isn’t getting enough vegetables in their diet? Is there a simpler way to make sure? According to Australian nutritionist Simone McGrath, it’s simple…zizz them up into a green smoothie and chug them down! This book contains 35 nutritious recipes divided into beginner, intermediate and expert categories so everyone can work through them at a pace they’re comfortable at…and most importantly, that suits their children. Nutritional breakdowns of all the best smoothies are available to ascertain the specific health benefits your family wants, there’s information on why sugar is bad for growing bodies, and it even includes a section on allergy substitutions. There’s advice on what smoothie maker to get as well. According to recent stats, one out of three kids is now considered overweight or obese, and it’s important, McGrath says, to nourish your body with clean foods that will make you feel vibrant, healthy and happy. For over a century, the banana has been rumoured to be everybody’s favourite fruit. Quick and easy to eat, tasty and versatile in its culinary uses, the banana is a staple of many diets around the world. The banana’s history, however, is more than simply a succession of happy family scenes and the appeal of exotic locations. The growth and development of the fruit we know and love today is entangled with colonial practices, capitalist enterprise, sexual politics and even horrific murders. A hardcover book that’s ideal for dipping into, its writer Piatti-Farnell is director of the Auckland University of Technology’s popular culture research centre. After 17 issues that were not about soup, Lucky Peach is back to its roots, bringing you page after page of information about hot broth and slippery noodles. This time around the magazine has set its sights on pho, everyone’s favourite way to get their USDA- recommended allowance of star anise and bean sprouts. Andrea Nguyen explored the soup’s history and shares her experiences; Rachel Khong ate her way from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and reports on the scene today. Pho shop owners from around the world share their often-heartbreaking stories of their journeys to success. There are non-pho recipes from Angie Hong, the first lady of Vietnamese cooking in Australia, and pho recipes from Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef who vaulted Vietnamese cuisine to the national stage in the United States. And it wouldn’t be an issue of Lucky Peach if the mag didn’t dig deep, so it explored sa sung, the dried worm that’s been seasoning pho in Vietnam for decades, and assigned graphic designer and comedian Walter Green the task of taste-ranking more than a dozen packets of instant pho. GREEN SMOOTHIES FOR KIDS: Teach Your Children to Enjoy Healthy Eating by Simone McGrath (New South Books, $ 29.99, available now) BANANA; A GLOBAL HISTORY by Lorna Piatti Farnell (New South Books, $29.99, available now) FATS: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Michelle Phillipov (New South Books, $29.99, available now) GREEN SMOOTHIES FOR KIDS BANANA; A GLOBAL HISTORY FATS: A GLOBAL HISTORY LUCKY PEACH LUCKY PEACH (New South Books, $24.95, available May 17)
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