At times, Wilson's critique feels cloying, beating on overdone consumer health tropes, including the obesity epidemic and the pitfalls of a “Western” diet. Being open to new food experiences is a start. She explains how they develop-largely as a result of the food environment in which we learn to eat-and how we can overcome them. In addition to describing such dire disordered eating, Wilson devotes a lot of space to more basic everyday bad habits. Wilson describes one woman who made her choice of college based on the fact that the school cafeteria served plain pizza without the taint of oregano or spice. In the most extreme cases, picky eating can lead to a lasting fear of certain foods, which can consume people's life. In fact, Wilson claims, an estimated 25 percent of all adults never grow out of their childhood food fussiness. Studies reveal that we acquire new tastes through “mere exposure,” a process that boils down to a tendency to learn to like new things by trying them repeatedly.Īlthough certain foods may always taste particularly acrid to a subset of genetic supertasters, people's belief that tastes cannot be changed can dissuade them from sampling new foods and lead to bad or selective eating habits. A child will often decide to dislike a certain food before trying it because it may look or smell different from foods he or she already eats. Learning to like new foods is largely a consequence of familiarity, Wilson says. For instance, most babies will stick their tongue out, spit or even cry when confronted with a bitter taste, although many will grow up to savor a pint of India pale ale or a cup of French roast coffee. Genetic differences may determine how we taste foods, even how much we enjoy eating, but the environment in which we learn to eat ultimately shapes our dietary habits. In First Bite, she details the complex, often fraught relationship humans have with food and explores why, for some of us, eating can go so wrong. By the time we turn 18, we have each had some 33,000 unique learning experiences with food, Wilson estimates. We also learn by watching others eat-at home, at school and on TV. As children, we do not simply learn what we like and dislike by putting new foods in our mouth. Our take: Definite adults only material, not for the faint of heart.Every bite forms a memory, and the most powerful ones are the first, says food writer Wilson. May contain a number of explicitly descriptive love scenes that typically include explicit language and acts which some readers may find kinky and/or offensive. Our take: Not recommended for under 18 or sensitive readers. May contain a number of explicitly descriptive love scenes. Our take: Teen and sensitive readers should exercise caution. May contain moderately descriptive love scenes, usually no more than three. Our take: These books should still be appropriate for most mature teens and sensitive readers. May contain moderate to high sexual tension which could include passionate clinches that end in cut scenes and/or extremely mild love scenes with virtually no details. Our take: These books would be appropriate for teen and sensitive readers. May contain mild to moderate sexual tension and/or possible implications of something more taking place off canvas, but nothing beyond kissing actually occurs within the text. Lady of the Knight (Harlequin Historical #476).Baby Whale Rescue: The True Story of J.The overall star rating and sensuality rating for the book are the average of the ratings for each individual story. Note: Each novella in this anthology has been summarized and reviewed separately. The Forgotten One by Ronda Thompson ( Wild Wulfs of London #4) - Star Rating: ***** Sensuality Rating: 4 The Gift by Susan Squires (Companion #3.5) - Star Rating: ***** Sensuality Rating: 4 Banks ( Vampire Huntress Legends #7.5) - Star Rating: **** Sensuality Rating: 4 Until Death We Do Part by Sherrilyn Kenyon ( Dark-Hunters #9.1) - Star Rating: *** Sensuality Rating: 3.5 The Forgotten One by Ronda Thompson ( Wild Wulfs of London #4) Review The Gift by Susan Squires (Companion #3.5)

Until Death We Do Part by Sherrilyn Kenyon ( Dark-Hunters #9.1) Synopses and reviews of each individual novella in this anthology can be read via the links below.

Love at First Bite is an anthology of four paranormal romance and urban fantasy novellas, two contemporary and two historical, featuring vampires and werewolves. Series: Companion, Dark-Hunters, Vampire Huntress Legends, Wild Wulfs of London Banks, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Susan Squires, Ronda Thompson

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