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Chili-spiked carrots. Skillet-charred Brussels sprouts. Mashed potatoes brightened with harissa and pistachios. These are just three ways to put vegetables in the center of your plate.Here in the U.S., meat is cheap and has been in the center of the...

Chocolate and Zucchini. 101 Cookbooks. The Julie/Julia Project. In the early days of food blogs, these were the pioneers whose warmth and recipes turned their creators' kitchens into beloved web destinations. Luisa Weiss was working in New York when she...

Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They're high culture, they're low culture, they're sports food, they're hangover food, and they're deeply American, despite having no basis whatsoever in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525657743Author Michelle ZaunerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...

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 *...

This definitive oyster bible and cookbook from expert food writer Nils Bernstein delivers an array of tips, trivia, and history, plus approachable recipes that celebrate the delicious bivalve. Behold the oyster. Delicious, a little decadent, yet one of...

Winner of the 2015 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Award Forewords by Alice Waters and Michael Pollan In this dazzling, full color cookbook and kitchen manual filled with lush photographs and beautiful drawings, the...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802119476Author Roberta PianaroFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639925Author Wren AwryFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143451464Author Tarana Husain KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House India

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455525256Author Gordon RamsayFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Ayesha Curry knows what it's like to have so much on your plate you can barely think about dinner. But she also knows that finding balance between work and family life starts with gathering around the table to enjoy a home-cooked meal.The Full Plate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063079540Author Nigella LawsonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1134gDimensions(mm) 257mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607747543Author Robert SimonsonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed PressWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 237mm *...

"If you're looking for a dose of wonder in your reading life, I recommend this beautiful book about the magic of fig trees."-Book Riot Over millions of years, fig trees have shaped our world, influenced our evolution, nourished our bodies and fed our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592406975Author Grant AchatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 697gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm

"Anyone with even the vaguest interest in food (or other people's houses generally) should order Carrie Solomon and Adrian Moore's newly released Chefs' Fridges."-British Vogue"If you've ever wondered what your favorite chef eats at home, now's your...

An exploration into the psychology of eating in today's unprecedented first world pantry of abundance, access and excess, Why You Eat What You Eat examines the sensory, psychological, neuroscientific and physiological factors that influence our eating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593137680Author Vallery LomasFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Kirkus Prize (Nonfiction) 2017.Book InformationISBN 9780062379276Author Michael W TwittyFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins...

The Table Comes First is at once a celebration of the rituals of eating - the scene of families, friends, lovers coming together, or breaking apart, the core of our memories - and an exploration of the extraordinary transformations that our notion of...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580084222Author Peter ReinhartFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 867gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806542294Author Mandy NaglichFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

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 9781936787791Author Natalie Eve GarrettFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint CatapultPublisher Catapult

A classic in its genre, An Omelette and a Glass of Wine compiles Elizabeth David's short pieces on food and wine. A bestseller when it was first published in 1984, much of David's finest writing featured in magazines and newspapers such as the Spectator,...

A compelling first-hand look at one of today's most fascinating food trends - the practice of cooking with and eating insects The concept of eating insects has taken off in recent years in the West, with media coverage ranging from sensationalist...

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 9780375760563Author Robert Farrar CaponFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547336893Author Matthew Amster-BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams)...

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 9780544301986Author Jacques P pinFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Harvest PublicationsPublisher Harvest PublicationsWeight(grams) 1588gDimensions(mm)...

Join the conversation . . .With more than one hundred women restaurateurs, activists, food writers, professional chefs, and home cooks-all of whom are changing the world of food. Featuring essays, profiles, recipes, and more, Why We Cook is curated and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439181881Author Tamar AdlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640090835Author M. F. K. FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm *...

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...