Food Drink category: 33116 books
Talking with My Mouth Full
My Life as a Professional Eater
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
When Top Chef judge Gail Simmons first graduated from college, she felt hopelessly lost. All her friends were going to graduate school, business school, law school . . . but what was she going to do? Fortunately, a family friend gave her some invaluable advice-make a list of what you love to do, and...
From Hardtack to Homefries
An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Barbara Haber, one of America's most respected authorities on the history of food, has spent years excavating fascinating stories of the ways in which meals cooked and served by women have shaped American history. As any cook knows, every meal, and every diet, has a story -- whether it relates to...
Soul Food
The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award, Reference and Scholarship
Honor Book for Nonfiction, Black Caucus of the American Library Association
In this insightful and eclectic history, Adrian Miller delves into the influences, ingredients, and innovations that make up the soul food tradition....
by Mark McWilliams
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
Americans have increasingly embraced food culture, a fact proven by the rising popularity of celebrity chefs and the prominence of television shows celebrating food themes. This fascinating overview reveals the surprising story behind the foods America loves.The Story Behind the Dish:...
Ferran
The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
The first-ever biography of Ferran Adrià, the chef behind Spain's renowned El Bulli restaurant, by one of the world's foremost food authorities.
More than just the most influential chef of the late-twentieth and early-twenty- first century, Ferran Adrià is arguably the greatest culinary revolutionary...
Supercharged Food for Kids
90 gluten free, sugar free and dairy free recipes for kids
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Supercharged Food for Kids features 90 gluten, wheat, dairy, yeast and sugar free recipes and meal solutions that not only taste delicious, but deliver the nutrients needed to help kids sustain energy levels, keep their mood up, concentrate and perform at their best. You won’t find any Frankenfood...
Fabulous Raw Food
Detox, Lose Weight, and Feel Great in Just Three Weeks!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Who doesn’t want to look leaner, feel stronger, and be happier? Few people would doubt that the food we consume plays a major role in our well-being. The raw food movement proclaims that the secret to great health is not just in what we eat, but in how it’s prepared-eating raw provides our bodies...
Annelie's Raw Food Power
Supercharged Raw Food Recipes and Remedies
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Raw food recipes and medicines for everyday life!
Inspired by author Annelie Whitfield's time in the lush jungles of Costa Rica, this cookbook explores the wonderful tastes and unique benefits of using raw foods in everyday cooking. Her flavorful raw food recipes and remedies are filled with...
A Revolution in Eating
How the Quest for Food Shaped America
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Sugar, pork, beer, corn, cider, scrapple, and hoppin' John all became staples in the diet of colonial America. The ways Americans cultivated and prepared food and the values they attributed to it played an important role in shaping the identity of the newborn nation. In A Revolution in Eating, James...
Feasting Our Eyes
Food Films and Cultural Identity in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
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 ideological pluralism, ethnic and racial acceptance,...
by Hiranya Borah
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
AKHADYA (NO FOOD/ PROHIBITED FOOD/ FOOD with BAD TASTE) how those are prepared and under what circumstances those can be eaten despite of some reservation due to different reasons, from taste of food to timing of taking those meals/snacks, mental block about some food etc.
I started my cooking expedition...
The Land of the Five Flavors
A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Renowned sinologist Thomas O. Höllmann tracks the growth of food culture in China from its earliest burial rituals to today's Western fast food restaurants, mapping Chinese cuisine's geographical variations and local customs, indigenous factors and foreign influences, trade routes, and ethnic associations....
The Mother-in-Law Cure (Originally published as Only in Naples)
Learning to Live and Eat in an Italian Family
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Full of lighthearted humor, sumptuous food, the wisdom of an Italian mother-in-law, and all the atmosphere of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, this warm and witty memoir follows American-born Katherine Wilson on her adventures abroad. Thanks to a surprising romance—and a spirited woman who...
Putting Food By
Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
“The bible of home canning, preserving, freezing, and drying.”—The New York Times
For decades, Putting Food By has been the one-stop source for everything the home cook needs to know about preserving foods—from fruits and vegetables to meat and seafood. Now, this classic is fully up-to-date...