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In 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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IACP Crystal Whisk Award (Literary Food Writing) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781451626629Author Lisa AbendFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999698419Author Miroslava PergeFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Madman InteractivePublisher Madman InteractiveWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948837187Author MassialotFormat PaperbackPage Count 506Imprint TownsendsPublisher TownsendsWeight(grams) 671gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 26mm

Until 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...

In 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...

For anyone who's ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane Flynt offers a new history of the apple and how it changed the South and the nation. Showing how southerners cultivated over 2,000 apple...

Frederick Douglass Opie deconstructs and compares the foodways of people of African descent throughout the Americas, interprets the health legacies of black culinary traditions, and explains the concept of soul itself, revealing soul food to be an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018040Author Gilly LehmannFormat HardbackPage Count 450Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345440167Author Stewart Lee AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 332gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies 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

Just about anyone with a modest amount of beer knowledge will tell you that right here, right now is the best time in the history of mankind to be a beer drinker. With the most breweries in the United States since Prohibition and a global culture that is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for James Beard Foundation Book Awards (Food Photography) 1997.Book InformationISBN 9780679447368Author Patrick O'ConnellFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint...

Afternoon Tea: A History explores the development of the afternoon tea meal, diving deeper than the popular tale of the Duchess of Bedford's afternoon gatherings to find the meals that inspired those early afternoon teas. Julia Skinner carefully...

Widely associated with avant-garde gastronomy and lavish food markets, Barcelona has become a top destination for gourmands and chefs around the world, especially after the spectacular rise of chef Ferran Adria of the famed elBulli, soon to be reborn as...

When 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,...

This extraordinary collection, a trove of enchanting designs, appealing colors, and forgotten motifs that stir the imagination, features an unprecedented assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. It includes images of postcards,...

Get this collection of more than 450 Depression Era recipes, with nostalgic photos, illustrations and comments. Learn about the Depression Era, how Grandma cooked, and enjoy simple, basic cooking! A collection of over 450 recipes from the...

Apologies 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

In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, a sweeping history of food and culture that summons everyone to the table for a fresh look at the people, ingredients, events, and movements that have shaped how and what we eat in the United StatesThis...

Food 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...

Food - 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781403962935Author Janet TheophanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Lizzie Stark takes readers on a witty, revealing and delightful journey through the natural and cultural history of the egg, exploring its deep symbolism, innumerable uses and metabolic importance in twelve dazzling specimens. From Mali to Finland, Stark...

A 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...

Apologies 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

Food 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...

Apologies 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

In 1611 Francisco Martinez Montino, chef to Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV of Spain, published what would become the most recognized Spanish cookbook for centuries: Arte de cocina, pasteleria, vizcocheria y conserveria. This first English...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735217676Author Karen StabinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

This book describes America's first food as an invented tradition.Barbecue is a word that means different things to different people. It can be a verb or a noun. It can be pulled pork or beef ribs. And, especially in the American South, it can cause...

Each 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...

Dining 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954220188Author Tamika HallFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Kingston ImperialPublisher Kingston Imperial

The ordinary tortilla was an extraordinary bond between the human and divine... From birthdays to religious ceremonies, the people of Mesoamerica commemorated important events with tortillas. One Maya tribe even buried their dead with tortillas so that...

Engagingly written and fully illustrated, Fast and Feast explores the medieval approach to food, its preparation, and its presentation. Since attitudes toward food were shaped by the religious and social ideas of the period, the medieval perspective is...

"The Fireside Cook Book" is designed for people who are not content to regard food just as something one transfers periodically from plate to mouth. It is for those who recognize that a simple family meal (as well as a dress-up dinner party)...

Described 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...

Picnics 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,...

L.A.'s Landmark Restaurants: Celebrating the Legendary Locations Where Angelenos Have Dined for Generations follows in the footsteps of George Geary's now classic and critically acclaimed book, L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants. Like Geary's earlier work,...