This event was recorded at Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., on April 6, 2013.Gulp: Advnetures on the Alimentary Canal, by Mary Roach
Whether investigating the fine points of space travel, death, or sex, Roach is both audacious and authoritative, asking questions other science writers don't dare to. Her fifth book takes readers on a tour of the human gullet, exploring different flavors and textures of food, contemplating the maximum capacity of the stomach, and monitoring exactly what happens as food goes down the hatch.