{"product_id":"9781606999769","title":"Einstein's Beets: An Examination of Food Phobias","description":"This is a prose nonfiction book about food and food aversions throughout history.\u003cbr\u003eBritney Spears loathes meatloaf and “all lumpy stuff.” Arturo Toscanini hated fish. Ayn Rand despised salads. Alexander Theroux’s Einstein’s Beets is a study of the world of food and food aversions. The novelist and poet probes the secret and mysterious attitudes of hundreds of people—mostly famous and well-known—toward eating and dining out, hilariously recounting tales of confrontation and scandalous alienation: it contains gossip, confession, embarrassment, and perceptive observations.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055254094064,"sku":"9781606999769","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781606999769_p0.jpg?v=1763829708","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781606999769","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}