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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807069172Author Alicia KennedyFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983251538Author Dave DeWittFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Sunbelt EditionsPublisher Sunbelt EditionsWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

In his new history of food, acclaimed historian Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastes-both culinary and cultural-from raw materials to market and captures their reflections in today's food trends. Tying the ingredients of our diet...

Like a rich plum pudding, "Pudding: A Global History" is bursting with choice morsels. From cookbooks and family recipes to novels, poems, songs and cartoons, it tells the story of puddings and how they developed from early savoury, sausage - like...

Revive your inner period cook and master the art of gode cookery with thirty-five recipes celebrating festivals throughout the year!Fancy a leap back in time to the kitchens in the Middle Ages, where cauldrons bubbled over hearths, whole oxen were...

Toasted marshmallows stuffed with raisins? Green-and-white luncheons? Chemistry in the kitchen? This entertaining and erudite social history now in its fourth paperback edition tells the remarkable story of America's transformation from a nation of...

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...

Olives are at once a mythical food - bringing to mind scenes from Ancient Rome and the Bible - and an everyday one, given the ubiquity of olive oil in contemporary diets. In this original, succinct and engaging history Fabrizia Lanza traces the olive's...

Featured in Entertainment Weekly's Best Gift Guide and on Parade.com! The Hamilton Cookbook takes you into Hamilton's home and to his table, with historical information, recipes, and tips on how you can prepare food and serve the food that our founding...

From Old El Paso, inspiring modern Mexican-style meals at home, a cookbook of more than 125 quick and easy family favorite recipes. Family is at the heart of everything Old El Paso does, inspiring today's Mexican-style meals at home. Along with their...

"Twitty makes the case that Blackness and Judaism coexist in beautiful harmony, and this is manifested in the foods and traditions from both cultures that Black Jews incorporate into their daily lives...Twitty wishes to start a conversation where people...

This gorgeously illustrated volume began as notes on the collection of cookbooks and culinary images gathered by renowned cookbook author Anne Willan and her husband Mark Cherniavsky. From the spiced sauces of medieval times to the massive roasts and...

During World War II, millions of Soviet soldiers in German captivity died of hunger and starvation. Their fate was not the unexpected consequence of a war that took longer than anticipated. It was the calculated strategy of a small group of economic...

There are some ingredients that are so adaptable they appear in dishes all over the world. This book looks at the seven most important - the culinary wonders: rice, salt, honey, pork, tomato, chili and cacao. These are the ones ones that have played a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948837194Author Ann CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint TownsendsPublisher TownsendsWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

From its pre-Christian origins to the present, food has always been central to Christmas; a feast at which tradition, nostalgia, innovation, symbolism, and indulgence all come together at the table. This book explores the rich story of Christmas food and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909248526Author Cora Millet-RobinetFormat HardbackPage Count 712Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect BooksDimensions(mm) 255mm * 175mm * 51mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143134923Author Camper EnglishFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 139mm...

A captivating collection that celebrates the wonderful recipes from the Betty Crocker archives in a package that appeals to the modern cookBetty Crocker Lost Recipes is the ultimate treasure for the most devoted Betty Crocker fans, as well as cooks who...

Cooking food is one of the activities that makes humanity unique. It's not just about what tastes good: advances in cooking technology have been a constant part of our progress, from the ability to control fire to the emergence of agriculture to modern...

Renowned sinologist Thomas O. Hollmann tracks the growth of food culture in China from its earliest burial rituals to today's Western fast food restaurants, mapping Chinese cuisine's geographical variations and local customs, indigenous factors and...

Are You Ready to Dine and Party Like it's the 1920s? Step into the Jazz Age world of The Great Gatsby.Integrated with today's food variety and culinary creativity-and updated by award-winning chef Ron Oliver-this easy, entertaining cookbook gives you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018712Author Robert MayFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

In 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,...

Rice: A Global History presents in detail the historical journey that rice has taken, from its early origin as a staple food in Asian and West African countries to its ubiquitous place in meals across the world today. Rice has become a significant and...

When did we first serve meals at regular hours? Why did we begin using individual plates and utensils to eat? When did "cuisine" become a concept and how did we come to judge food by its method of preparation, manner of consumption, and gastronomic...

Bringing together multidisciplinary scholars from the growing discipline of food studies, Food Mobilities examines food provisioning and the food cultures of the world, historically and in contemporary times. The collection offers a range of fascinating...

A 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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692645987Author Robynne Elizabeth MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Practical Pioneer PressPublisher Practical Pioneer PressWeight(grams)...

Winner of the Outstanding Manuscript Award from Phi Alpha Theta, this work explains how nationhood emerges by viewing countries as cultural artifacts, a product of "invented traditions." In the case of France, scholars sharply disagree, not only over the...

A classic bestseller, the Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book contains an incredible offering of 1,380 recipes, from boiling an egg to preparing a calf's head.Farmer's instructions also go beyond recipes to include how to set the table for proper tea, full menu...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018460Author C. Anne WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789490270384Author Ronald PattinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint KilderkinPublisher KilderkinWeight(grams) 148g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743227407Author Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm)...

Dining with Leaders, Rebels, Heroes and Outlaws is a marvelously funny journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of the great, the good, and the not-so-good. Based on the findings of the British gastro-detective Fiona Ross, the Dining with Destiny series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949445039Author Najmieh BatmanglijFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mage PublishersPublisher Mage PublishersWeight(grams) 1048g

In 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...

This 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626190498Author Mando RayoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing