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Mountainous terrain, volcanic soils, innumerable microclimates, and an ancient culture of winemaking influenced by Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans make Italy the most diverse country in the world of wine. This diversity is reflected in the fact that...

Including recipes for baking with Einkorn Wheat is the most widely grown crop on our planet, yet industrial breeders have transformed this ancient staff of life into a commodity of yield and profit-witness the increase in gluten intolerance and 'wheat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018972Author Dorothy HartleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101990599Author Daniel StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Sugar is one of the most beloved substances consumed by humans, and also one of the most reviled. It has come to dominate our diets - whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks or even bread and pasta sauces - for better and for worse. This fascinating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645174424Author Robert Tuesley AndersonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Readerlink Distribution Services, LLCPublisher Readerlink Distribution...

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...

Celebrated Portland chef Bonnie Frumkin Morales brings her acclaimed Portland restaurant Kachka into your home kitchen with a debut cookbook enlivening Russian cuisine with an emphasis on vibrant, locally sourced ingredients. "With Kachka, Bonnie...

The Last Night on the Titanic demystifies life in all three classes aboard the world's most beloved ocean liner. Learn why the Titanic still captures the heart of people everywhere even 110 years later.Sailing-and making history-on the cusp of...

A delicious anthology of classic food writing to satisfy every palate, this gorgeous book will delight food lovers everywhere.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts...

Nominated for the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year Award, this timeless volume is the first and only book of its kind on the subject.A Dictionary of Japanese Food helps food lovers around the world decipher the intricacies and nuances of Japanese...

With a surge in fascination with Americana and a nostalgia for simpler times, a once vanishing treasure is finding its way back into the popular culture and back onto the roadsides of the country. Their names once tempted customers with a little magic to...

Sourdough bread fueled the labor that built the Egyptian pyramids. The Roman Empire distributed free sourdough loaves to its citizens to maintain political stability. More recently, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, sourdough bread baking became a global...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Andre Simon Memorial Fund Award: Food 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781903018873Author Peter BrearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher...

This is the book on the way we eat. Solidifying her standing as a preeminent observer and scholar of everyday life, Margaret Visser takes on the sweeping history of table manners, from the civilizations of ancient Greece and medieval Europe to the way...

Dining with the Famous and Infamous is an entertaining journey into the gastronomic peccadilloes of celebrities, stars, and notorious public figures. From outrageous artists to masterpiece authors, from rock stars to actors - everybody eats. Based on the...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984860668Author Robert SimonsonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams)...

Mexican Food: The Ultimate Cookbook is a beautiful and thorough collection of recipes drawn from the many rich traditions of Mexican cuisines and inspired by contemporary influences. We are what we eat, so the saying goes, and the way Mexicans eat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for IACP Crystal Whisk Award (American) 2005.Book InformationISBN 9780767914888Author Robb WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA...

Featuring 125 seminal cookbooks from the last 100 years, Cookbook Book is a celebration of the world's most beautiful, influential and informative cookbooks.About the AuthorFlorian Boehm (1969) is an artist and photographer who lives and works in Munich...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632862563Author Rowan JacobsenFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 1078g

'I adore Meades's book . . . I want more of his rule-breaking irreverence in my kitchen' New York Times'The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is hilariously grumpy, muttering at us "Don't you bastards know anything?" You can read it purely for literary pleasure,...

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

Ireland's Green Larder tells the story of food and drink in Ireland, for the first time. From the ancient system of the Ceide Fields, established a thousand years before the Pyramids were built, right up to today's thriving food scene.Rather than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018880Author Hannah GlasseFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Delightful food and drink recipes inspired by Netflix's hit show Bridgerton and Julia Quinn's bestselling novels. Finger sandwiches, pastries, roasts, desserts, cocktails, and more! You are cordially invited to dine with society's finest! From the...

An in-depth exploration of the birth of cooking, as charted by leading authority and iconic chef Ferran Adria's elBullifoundation Using Ferran Adria's unique 'Sapiens' methodology, this extraordinary book examines in comprehensive detail the foundations...

What did Charles Dickens savour in punch, Thomas Jefferson eat in omelettes, Queen Victoria sip in navy grog, and the Kamehameha Kings of Hawaii drink straight? What helped spark the American Revolution, was used as currency in Australia, was targeted by...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940352480Author Cook's CountryFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint America's Test KitchenPublisher America's Test KitchenWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018774Author C. Anne WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

This title includes: recipes, techniques and decorations from the golden age of cake-making. It is a classic Victorian book by T. Percy Lewis and A.G. Bromley, brought to the modern reader with a foreword by Nicholas Lodge. Hand-tinted illustration...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909248786Author Marc MeltonvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949445077Author Najmieh BatmanglijFormat HardbackPage Count 728Imprint Mage PublishersPublisher Mage PublishersWeight(grams) 2755g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646998770Author Nalini NaiduFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Anni PublishingPublisher Anni PublishingWeight(grams) 281g

The pie, to quote one Victorian writer, is a great human discovery which has universal estimation among all civilized eaters'. "Pie" explores the development of this most esteemed article of food, from the ancient pie, its crust inedible and used for...

"...a quite remarkable book... For students of this period and for future historians, this will be essential reading." - World of Fine Wine "This wide-ranging memoir of one of Bordeaux's grandest fromages, who died in June aged 88, is full of history...

Eat This Book is part celebration, part education, packed with bite-size nuggets of knowledge about unique farmers' market finds, kitchen pantry staples, and fascinating global ingredients. You'll gain a new appreciation for seemingly familiar foods, and...