I am the author of two leading books about caffeine, its health and lifestyle effects and cultural influence:  The World of Caffeine and The Caffeine Advantage.  I have extensive experience making television and radio appearances and being interviewed for magazine and newspaper stories.

Our books have been translated into Italian, Japanese, and Spanish and have been favorably reviewed by many of the leading magazines and journals in the world.  Background on The World of Caffeine:

Highlights from Reviews of The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World’s Most Popular Drug, by Bennett Alan Weinberg and Bonnie K. Bealer (Routledge, 2001)

 

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·          Nominated for the 2002 James Beard Foundation Award

·          Winner of the 2001 André Simon Memorial Highly Commended Prize

·          Cited as an authority by The National Geographic and The Columbia Encyclopedia

·          Translated into and published in Italian, Spanish, and Japanese

 

Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker (July 30, 2001):

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“A marvelous new book….The modern personality is, in a sense, a synthetic creation: skillfully regulated and medicated and dosed with caffeine so that we can always be awake and alert and focused when we need to be.…Many fascinating café yarns….Give a man enough coffee and he’s capable of anything.”

 

WashingtonPost ( February 18, 2001):

"A flavor reminiscent of Daniel Boorstin's The Discoverers...the book's engaging, easy style allows readers to zip through it like a jolt of good java, or savor it slowly like a good cup of tea."

 

Hugh Kenner in the Wall Street Journal ( January 30, 2001):

"A magnificently researched book filled with revelations…."

 

Dr. Peter B. Dews in the New England Journal of Medicine ( April 19, 2001):

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"The scholarship is impressive….The text is rich with information, yet it is easy and pleasant to read."

 

Kirkus Reviews ( October 15, 2000):  

"An amazing book…filled to the brim with a challenging mix of history, science, medicine, anthropology, sociology, and popular culture, then add a dash of humor, a pinch of polemic, and a dollop of healthful skepticism….Briskly written, full-bodied, and flavorful. "

 

Times Literary Supplement ( April 6, 2001)

“Encylopaediac…a thorough study, and a careful one…daunting enthusiasm…a wealth of interesting data."

 

Wired Magazine (March, 2001):

"With chapters devoted to the history, science, and cultural significance of coffee, tea, and caffeinated soft drinks, The World of Caffeine reveals a great deal of surprising information about the chemical that we all take for granted."

 

Food and Wine (February, 2001):

"An eye-opening explanation of the history and culture of coffee."

 

New Scientist ( June 30, 2001):

“Caffeine shows no signs of surrendering its sovereign position in the hierarchy of humanity's drugs of choice and I know of no other book that better explains how and why it got there….[Historical] stories have rarely been told with such skill…meticulous in describing the scientific and medical background.”

 

Financial Times ( London) December 11, 2001

“An exhaustive but enthralling investigation of caffeine in all its forms, from its origins in Ethiopia to today's ubiquitous coffee bar."

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Boston Herald Editor’s Choice ( December 29, 2000):

“This book holds everything we ever wanted to know…about the drug that helps many of us keep up with the fast pace of our lives.”

 

LondonGuardian ( February 10, 2001):

"Here at last is a lavishly produced history of the world's favourite mood enhancer, from Mayan chocolate to the Japanese tea ceremony."

 

Cleveland Plain Dealer ( January 14, 2001):

"With impressive felicity, Weinberg and Bealer marshal the forces of history, chemistry, medicine, cultural anthropology, psychology, philosophy and even a little religion to tell caffeine’s complicated story....Fascinating, generously illustrated volume."

 

Dr. Roland R. Griffiths, JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchool of Medicine :

“Well-researched and entertaining…contains a wealth of fascinating cultural anecdotes, historical information, and scientific facts which provide a unique perspective on the world’s most commonly used mood-altering drug.”

 

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