Food Industry

The "Hikayat Banjar," a native court chronicle from Borneo, characterizes the irresistibility of natural resource wealth to outsiders as "the banana tree at the gate." Michael R. Dove employs this phrase as a root metaphor to frame the history of...

This is the story of an empire founded on pigs. It tells of how a small town on the River Marden, once prosperous from the wool trade, became famous for its Wiltshire cured ham and bacon, tasty sausages and delicious pork pies. Products loved across the...

What makes a restaurant hot? Whose name do you need to drop to get a table? Why is one place booked solid for the next nine months while somewhere equally delicious is as empty and inhospitable as the Gobi desert?Welcome to the restaurant business, where...

With the introduction of wine to the Cape Colony, it became associated locally with social extremes: with the material trappings of privilege and taste, on the one side, and the stark realities of human bondage, on the other. By examining the history of...

A completely revised, updated, and repackaged second edition of the 2013 bestselling beer guide. First published in 2013, The Complete Beer Course has helped thousands of beer enthusiasts navigate the vast and often confusing world of beer. Bernstein is...

LEARN THE RECIPE FOR STARTING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSFor the first time ever, founder of Sprinkles cupcakes, Candace Nelson, is sharing the recipe for success in her new book, Sweet Success. She will walk you through the steps she took to build a globally...

This book makes the case for an urgent move away from industrial agriculture towards regenerative farming and the promotion of plant-based diets.How we produce, distribute and consume food are critical issues for the health and well-being of humans,...

Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452298842Author Tyler CowenFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 228g

Dan Pearson was a 62-year-old businessman coming out of bankruptcy when he started a mining supply distribution company in northern Peru with his stepson Brian Horsley. Like almost all of Dan's previous businesses, the mining supply company soon came to...

By examining "the real thing" ingredient by ingredient, this brilliant history shows how Coke used a strategy of outsourcing and leveraged free public resources, market muscle, and lobbying power to build a global empire on the sale of sugary water. Coke...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807020289Author Alicia KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Why do sugary beverage and fast food industries thrive in the emerging world?An interesting public health paradox has emerged in some developing nations. Despite government commitment to eradicating noncommunicable diseases and innovative prevention...

A fast-paced, gripping insider account of the entrepreneurs and renegades racing to bring lab-grown meat to the world.The trillion-dollar meat industry is one of our greatest environmental hazards; it pollutes more than all the world's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916424906Author Claire BrumbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Claire BrumbyPublisher Claire Brumby

Farming is a complex job with many unique challenges, but can also be a rich and rewarding career that is full of opportunities. Following the author's Farm Business Management series, this new textbook takes the core principles and techniques and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623157944Author Elena R SantogadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 264mm *...

Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the "Six Great Tea Mountains" of Yunnan Province, and in imperial China it was a prized commodity, traded to Tibet by horse or mule caravan via the so-called Tea Horse Road and presented as tribute to the emperor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781333655Author Marcel ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

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John Humphrys is passionate about the state of British food, farming, fishing and agriculture. Here, he looks back to the days of organic farming in England when people shared and swapped food and considered the wildlife as well as the farmed animals,...

In its short lifetime of 100 years, the crofting system of landholding has had profound effects upon Scotland. In this book, the author presents vivid descriptions of crofting life, past and present, in a deeply-researched social history.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767929974Author Paul NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Just as The Color of Law provided a vital understanding of redlining and racial segregation, Marcia Chatelain's Franchise investigates the complex interrelationship between black communities and America's largest, most popular fast food chain. Taking us...

The epitome of effervescence and centrepiece of celebration, Champagne has become a universal emblem of good fortune, and few can resist its sparkleIn Champagne, Uncorked , Alan Tardi journeys into the heartland of the world's most beloved wine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781895131369Author Peter BackmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Political Animal PressPublisher Political Animal PressWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm)...

Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWinner of the Willie Lee Rose PrizeWinner of the PROSE Award in United States HistoryHagley Prize in Business History FinalistA Smithsonian Best History Book of the Year"Vaping gets all the attention now, but Milov's...

A pick-your-own-path guide to launching and sustaining a successful food or beverage businessThe specialty food and beverage business is a thriving industry, and the barriers to entry are low: all you need is a recipe idea and a place to make it. It...

British traditional working boats are famous - Morecambe Bay prawners, Manx luggers, Scots fifies and zulus, Lowestoft and Yarmouth drifters, Yorkshire cobles, Colchester smacks, Hastings beach boats, Brixham trawlers, and many others. Over a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798869330161Author Eric Alan Cominski, JrFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Battle King Inc.Publisher Battle King Inc.Weight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' BILL GATESIn this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today:Why are some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641168397Author Logan LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 257Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 889gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

This title was a prize winner at the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) Awards 2023.The History of Rioja Wine offers an informative, chronological and in-depth account of Rioja wine from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945614071Author Howard CannonFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Rossi, IncPublisher Rossi, IncWeight(grams) 1070gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 27mm

This book, written by global experts, provides a comprehensive and topical analysis on the economics of chocolate. While the main approach is economic analysis, there are important contributions from other disciplines, including psychology, history,...

Case Studies in the Wine Industry aims to close the gap between academic researchers and industry professionals through real world scenarios and field-based research. The book explores how consumer and sensory science has been implemented in the wine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999316603Author William Morton HildeboltFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Hildebolt BooksPublisher Hildebolt BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906190224Author Tony TalburtFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 256g

This book brings together a unique collection of chapters to facilitate a broad discussion on food education that will stimulate readers to think about key policies, recent research, curriculum positions and how to engage with key stakeholders about the...

Established by New York stockbroker Juan Trippe in 1927, the story of Pan Am is the story of US-led globalisation and imperial expansion in the twentieth century, with the airline achieving the vast majority of 'firsts' in aviation history, pioneering...