History

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Guild of Food Writer's Awards, Highly Commended in 'First Book' category (2022)Tools For Food explores the history of 250 of our most-loved and intriguing kitchen items and how they've changed the way we live. From 12th century Mongolian fire pots, to...

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"The Art of Cookery" is the only books of its kind to have come out of an English religious community. It is also that very rare thing, a cookery book of the English 18th-century that has the author's own recipes throughout; nothing seems to have been...

A New Scientist, Globe and Mail, and Eater Best Book of 2023In the tradition of Michael Pollan, Anthony Bourdain, and Mark Bittman, "a surprising, flavorsome tour of ancient cuisines" (Kirkus, STARRED)-from Neolithic bread to ancient Roman fish sauce-and...

Originally served at the coronations of French kings, Champagne is now popular around the world and sales increase year on year as people discover this delicious, delightful, de-lovely drink. Although Champagne only comes from a small area, there are...

When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s, New...

Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic and culinary story of milk and all things dairy - with recipes throughout While mother's milk may be the essence of nourishment, it is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945644009Author Dr Jerry ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Innovative Eggz LLCPublisher Innovative Eggz LLCWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm)...

'There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum', writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of The Eternal City, and global civilization...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743278072Author John DickieFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 563gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018422Author Muhammad Ibn Al-H Al-BaghdadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307718358Author Luke BarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Whiskey: poets have celebrated it, preachers have condemned it, and blood has been shed over it. Governments, distillers and the public have fought over whiskey as it changed from a sometimes lethal, herb-infused concoction to a high-quality,...

THE MYTHS SURROUNDING THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE DISH, DEBUNKED Did Marco Polo bring pasta back from China, or is that a myth? How did the Neapolitan "macharoni" turn into the ubiquitous spaghetti? Is it even an Italian dish? Hundreds of shapes and...

The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802715524Author Tom StandageFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Walker & CompanyPublisher Walker & CompanyWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

If you have ever marvelled at a flawless slice of cherry pie in a television bake-off and wondered if you could re-create it at home, BraveTart is for you. Here are recipes for one-bowl Devil's Food Layer Cake, Blueberry Muffins, Glossy Fudge Brownies...

A delicious collection of great British puddings from the National Trust, this new edition has been updated and expanded to include more mouthwatering colour photography. A delicious collection of great British puddings from the National...

The ultimate gift for Poldark fans!85 authentic recipes for your manor or boarding house...The mouthwatering Poldark cookery book you've dreamed about!Divided into boarding house or manor, and complete with homey and festive dishes for breakfast, lunch,...

**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** In the nearly two years since Anthony Bourdain's death, no one else has come close to filling the void he left. His passion for and genuine curiosity about the people and cultures he visited made...

Rachel Laudan tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world's great cuisines from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years ago, to the present in this superbly researched book. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984857088Author Torie BorrelliFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170394Author Wolf D. StorlFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Winner in the Gourmand World Book Awards for 'Culinary Heritage'Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason awardsShortlisted for the Andre Simon Memorial Award'... a work of art' delicious. magazineLet Regula Ysewijn take you to the heart of what it means to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018958Author Phia SingFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

The many influences of the past on our diet make the concept of 'British food' very hard to define. The Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans each brought ingredients to the table, and the country was introduced to all manner of spices following the...

"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour"Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson"In a remarkable new book, Alice's granddaughter Karina, a noted historian, has...

Written by the Fortnum & Mason Drinks Writer of the Year 2020.Updated with more than 80 new gins.With more gin brands available than ever before, you need to know how to choose and get the most out of the brands you buy, understanding their flavours so...

In one of her most celebrated books, the doyenne of food writers offers us more than 140 of her favourite and most famous recipes. Here are dishes for every course of every meal - from 'Teasers and Titbits', through 'Some Seeds of this Planet' to 'A...

Supper for one? Whether you're a career girl, bedsitter or bachelor, this vintage 1950s cookery gem introduced by Bee Wilson is 'wonderful ... funny and full of charm' (India Knight) with 'lots of ideas worth nicking' (Rachel Cooke).The Career Woman (who...

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 *...

In this rich and engaging history, Tami Parr shows how regional cheesemaking found its way back to the farm. It's a lively story that begins with the first fur traders in the Pacific Northwest and ends with modern-day small farmers in Oregon, Washington,...

A detailed revelation of what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire, accompanied by colourful descriptions of the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces. For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592404643Author Iain GatelyFormat PaperbackPage Count 546Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 562g

'Brilliant and original ... From slow feasts to fast food, Linford shows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the essence' - Bee Wilson, Sunday TimesThe Missing Ingredient is about what makes good food, and the first book to consider the ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129752Author Witold SzablowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

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 9781641523073Author Francesca MontilloFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Callisto Media Inc.Publisher Callisto Media Inc.Weight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375702983Author Martha BarnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...