Food Writing category: 1790 books
Les grands crus bordelais : monographies et photographies des châteaux et vignobles
Première partie : premiers grands crus, deuxièmes et troisièmes grands crus du Médoc
Language: French
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Extrait : "Les grands vignobles de la Gironde sont une des gloires de la France, une des sources les plus fécondes de sa prospérité commerciale et agricole ; ils lui assurent une sorte de royauté que personne ne lui conteste, et forment autour de son front une auréole qu'on ne saurait trouver chez...
Raised on Old-Time Country Cooking
A Companion to the Trilogy
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Sixteen generations later, the same old winding roads and blazed trails throughout the three novels lead us all back home to nostalgic dishes and the worlds from which they came. Upon arrival at the old home place, we quickly find our favorite room: Mamas kitchen. The familiar sounds of pots and pans...
Barbecue
The History of an American Institution
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
The history of barbecue in the United States has until now remained virtually untold. Barbecue has a long, rich history—a history that formerly could be found only through scattered references in old letters, journals, newspapers, diaries, and travel narratives until this book was written.
Americans...
Beef
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Hamburgers, pot roast, stew, steak, brisket—these mouthwatering dishes all have cows in common. But while the answer to the question, “Where’s the beef?” may be, “everywhere,” links to obesity and heart disease, mad-cow disease, and global warming have caused consumers to turn a suspicious...
Dates
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
In Dates, Nawal Nasrallah draws on her experience of growing up in the lands of ancient Mesopotamia, where the date palm was first cultivated, to explore the history behind the fruit. Dates have an important role in their arid homeland of the Middle East, where they are a dietary staple and can be...
Oranges
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
The tangy, juicy sweetness of oranges has made them a mainstay on our breakfast tables, as snacks, and even as healthy desserts. Indeed, oranges and orange juices are so ubiquitous nowadays that we take them for granted—but their journey to our supermarket shelves is a long and tantalizing story,...
Il Parmigiano Re
Grandi scrittori per un grande formaggio
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Qual è il sottile filo che unisce, in epoche così lontane e diverse, dal Medioevo all’800 russo e a quello anglo-sassone, tre grandi maestri della letteratura come Boccaccio, Tolstoj e Stevenson? Incredibilmente è un formaggio italiano, il Parmigiano Reggiano. Che allieta con la sua immagine...
Ketchup's Big Moment
Our Top Condiment Goes Upscale
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
For decades, Heinz has dominated the ketchup market. And while the brand has introduced versions tweaked with balsamic vinegar or chili spice, it's the classic version that dominates kitchen tables and children's palates around the world. But as Star feature writer Jennifer Wells reveals in her new Star...
Slippery Tipples
A Guide to Weird and Wonderful Spirits & Liqueurs
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
A funny and fascinating guide to liqueurs and spirits, featuring more than 60 drinks from 40 countries and easy-to-follow guides to making liqueurs at home From the Eastern European favorite Becherovka whose recipe is known to only two people; to classic cocktail ingredients like Midori, the bright...
Mushrooms
A Natural and Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Mushrooms hold a peculiar place in our culture: we love them and despise them, fear them and misunderstand them. They can be downright delicious or deadly poisonous, cute as buttons or utterly grotesque. These strange organisms hold great symbolism in our myths and legends. In this book, Nicholas...
Nourishing Diets
How Paleo, Ancestral and Traditional Peoples Really Ate
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Sally Fallon Morell, bestselling author of Nourishing Traditions, debunks diet myths to explore what our ancestors from around the globe really ate--and what we can learn from them to be healthy, fit, and better nourished, today
The Paleo craze has taken over the world. It asks curious dieters...