Learn the answers to modern food and etiquette questions with this beautifully illustrated guide for curious foodies everywhere For adventurous foodies everywhere, How to Eat a Lobster is the perfect handbook for handling every tricky dining situation you can imagine (and a few you can’t) with grace, style, and minimal splatter. With easy-to-follow instructions and helpful illustrations, you’ll learn the answers to 50 food-related questions you’ve been afraid to ask. (What do you do when crawfish arrive? Twist and snap off the head. Peel the tail and pull out the meat. Then suck the juices from the head. Seriously: you’re supposed to!) Topics include: • How to Eat Crawfish • How to Eat Raw Oysters • How to Eat Escargots • How to Open a Coconut • How to Slice a Mango • How to Use Chopsticks • How to Hold a Wineglass • How to Use Bread as a Utensil • How to Eat Sushi • How to Recover from a Tongue Burn • And more! Equal parts cheat sheet and cheerleader, How to Eat a Lobster not only shows you how to open a coconut—it shows you that you can! “This breezy little primer will show you how best to eat that crustacean on your plate and also bone a fish, carve a chicken and properly consume artichokes, pomegranates and even durians.”— The New York Times “Whatever the case may be,  How to Eat a Lobster  has you covered.”— Boing Boing "Ashley Blom may be the Emily Post of food.”— The Star-Ledger “The culmination of years of hard work…. How to Eat a Lobster  [is] an easily understandable guide on how to handle unique foods and certain situations involving proper dining etiquette.”— The Berkeley Beacon “A good, inexpensive gift for those “foodies” among your family and friends.”— The New Orleans Advocate  “A fun easy read, for aspiring foodies and anyone just wanting to have more mealtime know-how.”— Page Turners “This book is utterly fun and genuinely informative!”— Zip06.com Ashley Blom is a food writer and blogger in Austin, Texas. She's written for the  Emerson Review , Paste Magazine , Sharp Heels,   FamilyFun , Blast Bombshell online, the  Brattleboro Reformer , among others. She blogs at  Forking Up (forkingup.com) . Her first book, How to Eat a Lobster and Other Edible Enigmas Explained has been featured in O Magazine , The New York Times, and more.  Lucy Engelman is a freelance illustrator in Michigan. Her work has appeared everywhere from  Bon Appétit  to DesignSponge. TRICKY TECHNIQUES How to Eat a Whole Fish How to Eat a Lobster How to Eat Crawfish How to Eat Raw Oysters How to Eat Escargots How to Eat Bugs How to Eat Asparagus How to Eat an Artichoke How to Slice an Avocado How to Open a Coconut How to Pick Out Ripe Fruit How to Eat Edamame How to Eat Kohlrabi How to Slice a Mango How to Eat a Papaya How to Eat a Pomegranate How to Eat a Rambutan How to Eat Kumquats How to Go Nuts How to Eat Durian How to Carve a Chicken How to Eat a Quail How to Eat Pigs’ Feet How to Eat a Pig’s Head ETIQUETTE ENIGMAS How to Use the Correct Fork How to Use Chopsticks How to Taste Cheese How to Eat Noodle How to Sip Soup How to Hold a Wineglass How to Taste Wine How to Make a Toast How to Drink Tea How to Use Bread as a Utensil How to Eat Sushi How to Tip How to Decide Who Pays the Bill How to Order from the Menu How to Excuse Yourself from the Table FOODIE FIXES How to Eat Something Spicy How to Eat Something Messy How to Pace Yourself When Drinking How to Stay Vegetarian at a Barbecue How to Stick to Your Diet at a Party How to Fix Bad Breath How to Handle Beans How to Taste Something You Hate How to Recover from a Tongue Burn How to Send Food Back How to Stop Yourself from Choking