Several weeks ago, I spotted the book Shelf Life by Rosie Walford with Paula Benson and Paul West (book #76 for 2009) at Book Sale but it was priced P170 (around $3.50) so as amusing as it appeared to be, I decided to pass. Whenever I’m in Book Sale and a book I like is too expensive (i.e. over P100, that’s around $2) and I don’t think I’ll lose sleep if I don’t buy it right away, I usually pass because I’m always hopeful that a cheaper copy will turn up sooner or later.
Shelf Life, subtitled “A celebration of the world’s quirkiest brands,” is a pictorial collection of local products from all over the world that have funny and peculiar (often suggestive) brand names.
I’ll let some photos from the book do the talking, just pardon the whacked-out angles as my scanner is currently out of commission.
Dutch brown sugar
I wonder exactly how inviting this one is?
sounds ominous…
Maybe it talks?
It must have some special properties!
I’ve always been queasy at the thought of ingesting this.
One of my favorite childhood snacks!
The book is a lot of fun to leaf through, and I was in stitches the whole time!
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My copy: hardcover
My rating: 4/5 stars
Hard on tea! Priceless!
hahaha! funny names…hard on tea?! haha!
@ connie and chia
I was snickering uncontrollably while reading it at a fast food joint ten minutes out of the bookstore
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Basterdsuiker (it shouldn’t have a space in the name, but unfortunately that’s an increasingly common mistake) is actually the Dutch term for brown sugar, because it’s less refined than white sugar.
Wow, thanks for the info!