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Ketchup began as a fermented fish sauce from China's Fujian province: ke for fermented fish, tchup for sauce. The British were the first to add tomatoes to their anchovy "catsup" in 1817. A century later, Heinz changed the spelling again-and added sugar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375759925Author Gourmet Magazine EditorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A provocative collection of food's most distinctive female voices and subjects Women on Food unites the radical, diverging female voices of the food industry in this urgent collection of essays, interviews, questionnaires, illustrations, quotes,...

"I bake because it connects my soul to my hands, and my heart to my mouth."-Martin Philip A brilliant, moving meditation on craft and love, and an intimate portrait of baking and our communion with food-complete with seventy-five original recipes and...

'What a beautiful, rich, poetic memoir this is. Phyllis writes of longing, suffering, family, and food with such delicate power. Like the best chefs, she knows how to make a masterpiece from a few simple ingredients: truth, poignancy, and love. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425279052Author Ina YalofFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

North American Guild of Beer Writer Award Recipient Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago brewpub in the late 1980s, and it soon became one of the most inventive breweries in the world. In the golden age of light, bland and cheap beers, John...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865473928Author M. F. K. FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328662248Author Silvia KillingsworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Eating Words gathers food writing of literary distinction and historical sweep into one splendid volume. Beginning with the taboos of the Old Testament and the tastes of ancient Rome, and including travel essays, polemics, memoirs and poems, the book is...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 TASTE CANADA AWARD FOR CULINARY NARRATIVESFeatured on "The Sunday Magazine" on CBC RadioNearly every culture has a variation on the dumpling: histories, treatises, family legends, and recipes about the world's favorite lump of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576877883Author Natalie Eve GarrettFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

Culinary historian Anne Willan traces the origins of American cooking through profiles of twelve essential women cookbook writers-from Hannah Woolley in the mid-1600s to Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Alice Waters-highlighting their key historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865473911Author M. F. K. FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593538579Author Kevin WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g

Hot Sauce Nation is a journey of discovery, delving into history, culture, immigration patterns, and the science of spice and pain. Through the stories of hot sauce makers and lovers, it explores the unique hold the dark prince of condiments has over the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812978063Author Calvin TrillinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802139375Author Jim HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

A collection of the year's top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series editor Silvia Killingsworth. Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, Sohla El-Waylly selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063043800Author Alice B ToklasFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984898951Author Michelle ZaunerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Do you wish you understood the science of foods, but don't want to plow through dry technical books? What Einstein Told His Cook is like having a scientist at your side to answer your questions in plain, nontechnical terms. Chemistry professor and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316069885Author Jonathan Safran FoerFormat PaperbackPage Count 341Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506482231Author Meghan Murphy-GillFormat HardbackPage Count 239Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156033749Author Jen Lin-LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Harvest PublicationsPublisher Harvest PublicationsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984861696Author Nigel SlaterFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063046429Author Laurie ColwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912356607Author Claire ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Beacon Books and Media LtdPublisher Beacon Books and Media LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802127662Author Jim HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

Cuisine and Culture presents a multicultural and multiethnic approach that draws connections between major historical events and how and why these events affected and defined the culinary traditions of different societies. Witty and engaging, Civitello...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307347336Author Alisa SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Potter StylePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 212gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm...

Ask any self-respecting Louisianan who makes the best gumbo and the answer is universal: "Momma." The product of a melting pot of culinary influences, gumbo, in fact, reflects the diversity of the people who cooked it up: French aristocrats, West...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476793986Author Rien FertelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 142mm * 18mm

Little has been written about the cuisines of Borneo, the fourth largest island in the world, occupied by three nations, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Fascinated by its history, astonishing biodiversity and peoples, Koh spent four years travelling...

"I love Matt and Shane and the rest of the gang at Pig Beach. It's not Father's Day for me and my family if I'm not chowing down on some Pig Beach BBQ. Now, with this book, every day can be a Pig Beach Father's Day. You're welcome, America."-Al Roker,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982194703Author Laura CalderFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 150mm...

In Intimate Eating Anita Mannur examines how notions of the culinary can create new forms of kinship, intimacy, and social and political belonging. Drawing on critical ethnic studies and queer studies, Mannur traces the ways in which people of color,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486837994Author Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Home Works - A Cooking Book: Recipes for Organising with Art and Domestic Work, expands on cooking with art and food as a process for coming together and building collectivity. The book highlights the art and politics of eating together through a number...

Properly labeled and exquisitely made Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) is one of life's greatest delights. With its great taste and health benefits, high quality olive oil empowers habitual consumers to have a higher-standard of culinary experience. Their...