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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...

A reissue of the classic reference work on the history of cooking and eating. Sara Paston-Williams has used the great wealth of National Trust houses and records to produce this wonderful book which is a feast for the eye as well as a fascinating guide...

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

A delicious and delightful narrative history of pie in America, from the colonial era through the civil rights movement and beyondFrom the pumpkin pie gracing the Thanksgiving table to the apple pie at the Fourth of July picnic, nearly every American...

For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities-not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life-giving properties of true...

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)...

Italy, the country with a hundred cities and a thousand bell towers, is also the country with a hundred cuisines and a thousand recipes. Its great variety of culinary practices reflects a history long dominated by regionalism and political division, and...

Awaken both your inner foodie and your inner yogi as you journey into the consciousness of everyday foods, from their origins in myth to modern interpretations today. Have you ever considered the cultural origins and meanings of your favorite foods? The...

Michael Foley's fans have been devoutly drinking with the saints for years. Now it's time for dinner! The inimitable theologian and mixologist teams up with the priest and TV chef Leo Patalinghug in a culinary romp through the liturgical year. Want to...

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...

We are living a moment in which famous chefs, Michelin stars, culinary techniques, and gastronomical accolades attract moneyed tourists to Spain from all over the world. This has prompted the Spanish government to declare its cuisine as part of Spanish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781093133127Author Louise DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

"Edifying from every point of view--historical, cultural, and culinary." -David Tanis, author of A Platter of Figs and Other RecipesIt's a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock star. Ubiquitous in the world's most fabulous cuisines,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018705Author Sir Kenelm DigbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Gravenstein, Coe's Golden Drop, Cox's Orange Pippin: the names sound like something from Tolkien or the ingredients of a magic potion. But as befits their magical appellations, apples have transfixed and beguiled humans for thousands of years. Erika...

In the closing years of the fourteenth century, an anonymous French writer compiled a book addressed to a fifteen-year-old bride, narrated in the voice of her husband, a wealthy, aging Parisian. The book was designed to teach this young wife the moral...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018644Author Giacomo CastelvetroFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

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,...

This cookbook contains 78 recipes for delicious drinks, hearty breads, soups and hors d'oeuvres, robust entrees, and rich desserts that originate from the folkloric foundations of individual cultures throughout Europe and the English Isles in the Middle...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524761943Author Louis EguarasFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery has gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most distinctive culinary arts. And people aren't just eating...

Spaghetti, gnocchi, tagliatellea, ravioli, vincisgrassi, strascinati - pasta in its myriad forms has been a staple of the Mediterranean diet longer than bread. This beautiful volume is the first book to provide a complete history of pasta in Italy,...

A global history of restaurants beyond white tablecloths and ma tre d's, Dining Out presents restaurants both as businesses and as venues for a range of human experiences. From banquets in twelfth-century China to the medicinal roots of French...

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

In this wide-ranging and entertaining study Harvey Levenstein tells of the remarkable transformation in how Americans ate that took place from 1880 to 1930.About the AuthorHarvey Levenstein is Professor Emeritus of History at McMaster University in...

One of the great science and health revelations of our time is the danger posed by meat-eating. Every day, it seems, we are warned about the harm producing and consuming meat can do to the environment and our bodies. Many of us have tried to limit how...

The tangy, juicy sweetness of oranges has made them a popular feature on our breakfast tables in the form of fresh fruit, juice and marmalade. Indeed, oranges and orange juices are so ubiquitous nowadays that we take them for granted - but their journey...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018385Author Susan M. Rossi-WilcoxFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018767Author Peter BrearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780517884041Author Reay TannahillFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 595gDimensions(mm)...

"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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804168793Author Alex Prud'hommeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

From Michael Pollan to locavores, from Whole Foods to farmers' markets nationwide, cooks and foodies today are paying more attention than ever to the history of the food they bring into their kitchens-and especially to vegetables. Whether it's an...

You can squeeze it, zest it, slice it, juice it, pickle it, or even take a bite out of it as Sicilians do. Adding freshness and flavour to food and drinks, this versatile sour fruit, also known for resolving diverse health and household troubles, has...

From the sacred fudge served to India's gods to the ephemeral baklava of Istanbul's harems, the towering sugar creations of Renaissance Italy, and the exotically scented macarons of twenty-first century Paris, the world's confectionary arts have not only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996546607Author Karima Moyer-NocchiFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint MedeaPublisher MedeaWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788895218465Author Miriam BacherFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint SIME BooksPublisher SIME BooksWeight(grams) 1211gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 195mm * 29mm

Big Night (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Julie and Julia (2009) are more than films about food-they serve a political purpose. In the kitchen, around the table, and in the dining room, these films use cooking and eating to explore such themes as...