Food Drink category: 33116 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Best Food Writing 2009 authoritatively and appealingly assembles the finest culinary prose from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. This anthology features both established food writers and rising stars cooking up everything from erudite culinary history to food-inspired...
by Holly Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
"Browse, read a bit, browse some more, and then head for the kitchen."--Hudson Valley News
From small-town bakeries to big city restaurants, Best Food Writing offers a bounty of everything in one place. For eighteen years, Holly Hughes has scoured both the online and print world to...
Fasting and Feasting
The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
A New York Times Notable Book for 2017--Now in Paperback
For more than thirty years, Patience Gray—author of the celebrated cookbook Honey from a Weed—lived in a remote area of Puglia in southernmost Italy. She lived without electricity, modern plumbing, or a telephone, grew much of her...
Consider the Fork
A History of How We Cook and Eat
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Award-winning food writer Bee Wilson's secret history of kitchens, showing how new technologies - from the fork to the microwave and beyond - have fundamentally shaped how and what we eat.
Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients...
Fast Food Maniac
From Arby's to White Castle, One Man's Supersized Obsession with America's Favorite Food
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The beloved personality from The Howard Stern Show celebrates American fast food, exploring the history and secret menu items of both national and regional chains, ranking everything from burgers and fries to ice and mascots, and offering his own expert tips on where to go and what to order.
Jon...
by Shenanchie O'Toole, Food Fare
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
"Japanese Culture & Cuisine" contains information about the food and culture of Japan, including a brief history, common food, mealtime and dining, sushi, rice variations, eating with chopsticks, table settings and etiquette, tea, sake, Japanese snacks, authentic recipes, food terms,...
by Shenanchie O'Toole, Food Fare
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
"Scottish Vivers" contains a brief history of Scotland, food facts and common Scottish dishes, information about the Scottish kilt, Haggis, cheese, whisky, bagpipes, traditions and legends, authentic Scottish recipes, slang and food terms, and resources for further study.
"Scottish...
The Skillet Cookbook
A Street Food Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Street food has redefined the landscape of American restaurants, and Skillet Street Food is considered to be one of the top gourmet food trucks in the nation. Armed with a shiny Airstream trailer and a devoted lunch crowd, it has helped turn the food truck trend into a lasting movement. Raising the...
Taco USA
How Mexican Food Conquered America
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author of ¡Ask a Mexican! Gustavo Arellano presents an entertaining, tasty trip through the history and culture of Mexican food in this country, uncovering great stories and charting the cuisine’s tremendous popularity in el Norte. In the tradition...
Raw Food for Real People
Living Vegan Food Made Simple
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Luscious Eco-Friendly Food to Support Your Health and the Planet Many have touted the health and energy benefits of raw foods but few have presented recipes and instructions for making raw food appealing and satisfying to everyone. Chef Rod Rotondi demonstrates that going raw isnt hard in fact its...
Save Room for Pie
Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Our best-laid plans will yield to fate.
And we will say, “We lived. We ate.”
Roy Blount Jr. is one of America’s most cherished comic writers. He’s been compared to Mark Twain and James Thurber, and his books have been called everything from “a work of art” (Robert W. Creamer, The...
New Orleans
A Food Biography
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Beignets, Po’ Boys, gumbo, jambalaya, Antoine’s. New Orleans’ celebrated status derives in large measure from its incredibly rich food culture, based mainly on Creole and Cajun traditions. At last, this world-class destination has its own food biography. Elizabeth M. Williams, a New Orleans...
Eat Up
Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Think about that first tickle of hunger in your stomach. A moment ago, you could have been thinking about anything, but now it's thickly buttered marmite toast, a frosty scoop of ice cream straight from the tub, some creamy, cheesy scrambled eggs or a fuzzy,...
Edible Histories, Cultural Politics
Towards a Canadian Food History
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Just as the Canada's rich past resists any singular narrative, there is no such thing as a singular Canadian food tradition. This new book explores Canada's diverse food cultures and the varied relationships that Canadians have had historically with food practices in the context of community, region,...