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A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page over Seven Centuries by Henry Notaker
RRP: €27.37€21.09A History of Cookbooks provides a sweeping literary and historical overview of the cookbook genre, exploring its development as a part of food culture beginning in the Late Middle Ages. Studying cookbooks from various Western cultures and languages,... -
American Cuisine: And How It Got This Way by Paul Freedman
RRP: €38.07€33.47For decades, many have doubted the existence of American cuisine, believing that hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza define the nation's palate. Not so, says leading food historian Paul Freedman. Freedman traces the twentieth-century rise of processed food,... -
Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies by Richard Foss 9781442272392
€32.71In the history of cooking, there has been no more challenging environment than those craft in which humans took to the skies. The tale begins with meals aboard balloons and zeppelins, where cooking was accomplished below explosive bags of hydrogen,... -
Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food by Warren Belasco 9780520250352
RRP: €35.70€27.16In this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the... -
The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia by Jean Bottero
RRP: €52.36€50.30In this intriguing blend of the commonplace and the ancient, Jean Bottero presents the first extensive look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotamia. Bottero's broad perspective takes us inside the religious rites, everyday rituals, attitudes and taboos,... -
Epicurean: A Facsimile of the Original 1893 Edition by Charles Ranhofer 9781606601051
RRP: €60.08€40.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606601051Author Charles RanhoferFormat HardbackPage Count 1200Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc. -
Food for Thought: Keeping Well in Wartime by Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) 9781904897767
RRP: €10.70€7.39As relevant today as when they were first published in 1943, Wise Eating in Wartime and How to Keep Well in Wartime offer cheerful and practical advice on healthy diet, exercise and wellbeing. From providing a 'menu for the ideal meal' to addressing... -
Sugar-plums and Sherbet: The Prehistory of Sweets by Laura Mason 9781903018286
RRP: €21.41€17.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018286Author Laura MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
Anthimus: On the Observance of Foods by Anthimus 9781903018521
RRP: €29.75€23.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018521Author Mark AnthimusFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
The K Club Cookbook: Producer to Plate by Finbarr Higgins 9781782051510
€52.882016 is set to be a very special year for The K Club as it marks the 25th anniversary of the world-renowned Irish hotel and country club and to celebrate this milestone they are launching their first, long-awaited cookbook.The book is going to be... -
Vegetables: A Biography by Evelyne Bloch-Dano 9780226059952
RRP: €17.85€17.70From Michael Pollan to locavores, Whole Foods to farmers' markets, today cooks and foodies alike are paying more attention than ever before to the history of the food they bring into their kitchens - and especially to vegetables. Whether it's an heirloom... -
Mrs Dalgairns's Kitchen: Rediscovering "The Practice of Cookery" by Mary F. Williamson 9780228005339
RRP: €33.92€27.36When The Practice of Cookery first appeared in Edinburgh and London editions in 1829, reviewers hailed it as one of the best cookbooks available. The book was unique not only in being wholly original, but also for its broad culinary influences,... -
Pepper: A Guide to the World's Favorite Spice by Joe Barth
RRP: €35.70€31.75If you are interested in pepper--its provenance, history, taste, and uses-then this is a book for you. J.E. Barth recounts the fascinating history of pepper from ancient times through the present and traces the challenges at each step of the pepper... -
Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage by Michael R. Veach 9780813141657
€27.48On May 4, 1964, Congress designated bourbon as a distinctive product of the United States, and it remains the only spirit produced in this country to enjoy such protection. Its history stretches back almost to the founding of the nation and includes many... -
American Food: A Not-So-Serious History by Rachel Wharton 9781419738142
RRP: €17.84€15.30A clever and whimsical illustrated history of the most iconic all-American foods from Ambrosia to Zucchini Bread American food is not quite a cuisine, but rather a ragtag inventory of dishes with native, national, and international influences. This... -
The King's Peas: Delectable Recipes and Their Stories from the Age of Enlightenment by Meredith Chilton
RRP: €38.08€25.00Food and dining were transformed in Europe during the Age of Enlightenment, and these profound changes continue to resonate today. What many of us now eat, the way our food is prepared and how we dine are the result of radical changes that occurred in... -
La Varenne's Cookery: The French Cook, the French Pastry Chef, the French Confectioner by Francois Pierre de la Varenne 9781903018415
RRP: €65.45€53.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018415Author Francois Pierre de la VarenneFormat HardbackPage Count 655Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
Meals Matter: A Radical Economics Through Gastronomy by Michael Symons
RRP: €35.70€27.63Until the early nineteenth century, political philosophy and economics were dining companions. Both took up fundamental questions of how we should feed one another. But with the rise of corporate capitalism, modern economics lost sight of its primary... -
The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed from the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them by Susan Allport 9780520242821
RRP: €84.49€64.36A nutritional whodunit that takes readers from Greenland to Africa to Israel, The Queen of Fats gives a fascinating account of how we have become deficient in a nutrient that is essential for good health: the fatty acids known as omega-3s. Writing with... -
Gastropolis: Food and New York City by Annie Hauck-Lawson 9780231136525
RRP: €22.60€18.08Whether you're digging into a slice of cherry cheesecake, burning your tongue on a piece of fiery Jamaican jerk chicken, or slurping the broth from a juicy soup dumpling, eating in New York City is a culinary adventure unlike any other in the world. An... -
Theology on the Menu: Asceticism, Meat and Christian Diet by David Grumett
RRP: €45.21€39.72Food - what we eat, how much we eat, how it is produced and prepared, and its cultural and ecological significance- is an increasingly significant topic not only for scholars but for all of us. Theology on the Menu is the first systematic and historical... -
A History of Cooks and Cooking by Michael Symons
RRP: €26.17€22.36Never has there been so little need to cook. Yet Michael Symons maintains that to be truly human we need to become better cooks: practical and generous sharers of food. Fueled by James Boswell's definition of humans as cooking animals (for "no beast... -
The Gastronomica Reader by Darra Goldstein 9780520259393
RRP: €42.84€35.16Described in the "2008 Saveur 100" as 'At the top of our bedside reading pile since its inception in 2001', the award-winning "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" is a quarterly feast of truly exceptional writing on food. Designed both to... -
Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries by Oscar Farinetti 9781954641181
RRP: €29.74€20.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954641181Author Oscar FarinettiFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Apollo PublishersPublisher Apollo PublishersWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 231mm *... -
Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods by Jennifer A. Jordan 9780226228105
RRP: €27.37€26.81Each week during the growing season, farmers' markets offer up such delicious treasures as brandywine tomatoes, cosmic purple carrots, and pink pearl apples - varieties that are prized by home chefs and carefully stewarded by farmers from year to year... -
The Treatise of Walter of Bibbesworth by Andrew Dalby 9781903018866
RRP: €23.80€19.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018866Author Andrew DalbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 155Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
Early Vegetarian Recipes by Anne O'Connell 9781903018583
RRP: €15.46€12.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018583Author Anne O'ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
French Gastronomy: The History and Geography of a Passion by Jean-Robert Pitte 9780231124164
RRP: €41.65€32.38This we can be sure of: when a restaurant in the western world is famous for its cooking, it is the tricolor flag that hangs above the stove, opined one French magazine, and this is by no means an isolated example of such crowing. Indeed, both... -
The Taste of Place: A Cultural Journey into Terroir by Amy B. Trubek 9780520261723
RRP: €29.75€22.82How and why do we think about food, taste it, and cook it? While much has been written about the concept of terroir as it relates to wine, in this vibrant, personal book, Amy Trubek, a pioneering voice in the new culinary revolution, expands the concept... -
Food in Time and Place: The American Historical Association Companion to Food History by Paul Freedman 9780520283589
RRP: €49.98€39.07Food and cuisine are important subjects for historians across many areas of study. Food, after all, is one of the most basic human needs and a foundational part of social and cultural histories. Such topics as famines, food supply, nutrition, and public... -
Mediterranean Diet: This Book Includes: Mediterranean Diet for Beginners + Mediterranean Diet Plan, The Ultimate Guide and Cookbook for Lasting Weight Loss (More than 100 Healthy Recipes) by Emma Moore 9781096694946
RRP: €22.60€20.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781096694946Author Emma MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm)... -
The Medieval Book by Black 9781606061091
RRP: €29.69€21.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606061091Author BlackFormat HardbackImprint Getty PublicationsPublisher Getty Trust PublicationsWeight(grams) 666g -
Food on the Rails: The Golden Era of Railroad Dining by Jeri Quinzio 9781442272385
€31.75In roughly one hundred years - from the 1870s to the 1970s - dining on trains began, soared to great heights, and then fell to earth. The founders of the first railroad companies cared more about hauling freight than feeding passengers. The only food... -
Beyond Muesli and Fondue: The Swiss Contribution to Culinary History by Martin Dahinden 9781632636300
RRP: €24.93€17.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632636300Author Martin DahindenFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
Dining with the Rich and Royal by Fiona Ross 9781442252271
RRP: €45.22€43.41Dining with the Rich and Royal is a marvelous journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of the great, the good, and the not-so-good. When the world is at your feet, what is on your table? Dining with the Rich and Royal serves up the glamour of the jet... -
Eating Right in the Renaissance by Ken Albala
€62.26Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of... -
A Woman's Place: 50 Women Who Made History in the Kitchen by Deepi Ahluwalia
RRP: €23.80€6.79For centuries, professional cooking was a job exclusively for men. As a result, most histories of food and cooking, even today, are dominated by male achievements. But while historians weren't paying attention, women all over the world have been quietly... -
The Picnic: A History by Walter Levy
RRP: €54.74€50.04Picnics are happy occasions and have always been a diversion from every day cares. We think of the picnic as an outdoor meal, set on a blanket, usually in the middle of the day, featuring a hamper filled with tasty morsels and perhaps a bottle of wine,... -
Food and Faith in Christian Culture by Ken Albala 9780231149976
RRP: €33.32€25.42Without a uniform dietary code, Christians around the world used food in strikingly different ways, developing widely divergent practices that spread, nurtured, and strengthened their religious beliefs and communities. Featuring never-before published... -
The Classical Cookbook - Revised Edition by . Dalby
€21.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAndrew Dalby is a classics scholar, linguist, and food historian. He is the author of Venus: A Biography (Getty Publications, 2005) and Dangerous Tastes: The...