Most Delicious Poison by Noah Whiteman Harper Collins NAMED ONE OF THE 10

NAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2019 in the New York Times by Dwight Garner

Because for one to succeed

Time has begun moving backward

Mel agrees to stay with Barb for the holidays

we see the stakes: what has been

Most Delicious Poison by Noah Whiteman Harper Collins NAMED ONE OF THE 10An evolutionary biologist tells the story of natures toxins and why we are attractedand addictedto them, in this magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force (Neil Shubin). A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes. Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed,