Food Writing category: 1790 books
Pieography
Where Pie Meets Biography-42 Fabulous Recipes Inspired by 39 Extraordinary Women
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
What kind of pie conveys the experience of starting a new job, getting married, becoming a mom? Over 30 of the country's top foodies are here to tell you. Each one has devised a pie recipe that captures the essence of her life. Stir in beautiful photography, short essays, and brief bios, and voilá,...
A Taste for Absinthe
65 Recipes for Classic and Contemporary Cocktails
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Absinthe’s renaissance is quickly growing into a culinary movement. The “Green Fairy” is now showing up on cocktail menus at chic restaurants around the country. A Taste for Absinthe celebrates this storied and complex liquor by bringing you 65 cocktail recipes from America’s hottest mixologists...
Wine
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Look. Swirl. Sniff. Taste. Savor. Whether you’re tasting a refreshing white or an aromatic red, these well-known steps are the only proper way to take the first sip of wine.
Oenophiles have never been rare, but over the past decade, wine culture has exploded. Amateur wine enthusiasts...
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen
A Culinary View of Lincoln's Life and Times
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen is a culinary biography unlike any before. The very assertion of the title--that Abraham Lincoln cooked--is fascinating and true. It's an insight into the everyday life of one of our nation's favorite and most esteemed presidents and a way to experience flavors and textures...
An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails
50 Classic Cocktail Recipes, Tips, and Tales
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Shaken or stirred, on the rocks or straight up, every cocktail has a unique history. Bringing this rich lore to life, An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails showcases the often romantic origin of classic and modern mixed drinks and the fascinating characters who made them famous. From the crooked gangster...
King Solomon's Table
A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
From the James Beard Award-winning, much-loved cookbook author and authority: a definitive compendium of Jewish recipes from around the globe and across the ages.
Driven by a passion for discovery, the biblical King Solomon is said to have sent emissaries on land and sea to all corners of the...
Precious Cargo
How Foods From the Americas Changed The World
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
IACP Award winner for Culinary History: This fascinating true story is “a treasure” (Weekly Alibi).
Precious Cargo tells the tale of how foods from the western hemisphere conquered the globe and saved it from mass starvation. Focusing heavily on American foods, specifically the lowly crops...
Feeding Tommy
Battlefield Recipes from the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
According to Napoleon, an army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too. Yet, have you ever wondered how hundreds of men on the frontline are fed under fire or in the trench lines? During the Great War troops were trained to make meals out of the bare minimum of ingredients, to feed...
The Appledore Cook Book
Containing Practical Receipts for Plain and Rich Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Published in 1872 in Boston, The Appledore Cook Book was authored by renowned cooking teacher and writer Maria Parloa to be a go-to cookbook for new brides and housekeepers, and it was specifically geared toward simpler recipes with less expensive ingredients. This first of many cookbooks by Parloa...
by Mimi Riser
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A scrumptious collection of sixty genuine old-time recipes for all kinds of egg-cellent dishes – from omelets and soufflés to classic creamy custard, and everything in between. Includes: Eier Brod, Honeycomb Eggs, Omelette Soufflé w/Chocolate, Italian Creamed Eggs, Alpine Eggs, Savory Egg Toast, Eggs Lyonnaise, and much more.
BERRYCOCO CHRISTMAS
Your go to guide to a Healthy Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
During the festive season, we tend to indulge and suffer from a post - Christmas binge! Now, I am all for indulgence, and with these easy recipes, you can still indulge this Christmas GUILT FREE. Instead of hurting your body, you will be nourishing it.
So dazzle your friends and family and...
by Emelyn Rude
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
From the domestication of the bird nearly ten thousand years ago to its current status as our go-to meat, the history of this seemingly commonplace bird is anything but ordinary.
How did chicken achieve the culinary ubiquity it enjoys today? It’s hard to imagine, but there was a point in...
The Geography of Wine
How Landscapes, Cultures, Terroir, and the Weather Make a Good Drop
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Wine is more than taste, smell, and appearance—it is a reflection of a place and its people. Why is Bordeaux a great place for red wines? Why do some places produce Rieslings and others produce Chardonnay? A fun and fascinating examination of terroir (the French word for the geography of a vineyard)...
by Paul Chrystal, Joe Dickinson, Mark Sunderland
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
A deliciously illustrated historical tour of England’s “chocolate city.”
In the nineteenth century, York was renowned for confectionery—particularly chocolate. Treats like Kit Kat, Fruit Gums, All Gold, and Butterkist were made by York companies Rowntree’s, Terry’s, and M.A. Craven...