Food Writing category: 1790 books
100 Million Years of Food
What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
A fascinating tour through the evolution of the human diet, and how we can improve our health by understanding our complicated history with food.
There are few areas of modern life that are burdened by as much information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health: eat a lot of...
Oldest Foods on Earth
A History of Australian Native Foods with Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
'This is a book about Australian food, the unique flora and fauna that nourished the Aboriginal peoples of this land for over 50 000 years. It is because European Australians have hardly ever touched these foods for over 200 years that I am writing this book.' We celebrate cultural and culinary diversity,...
by William Sitwell
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
A riveting narrative history of food as seen through 100 recipes, from ancient Egyptian bread to modernist cuisine.
We all love to eat, and most people have a favorite ingredient or dish. But how many of us know where our much-loved recipes come from, who invented them, and how they were originally...
by K T Achaya
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
This book outlines the variety of cuisines, food materials and dishes that collectively form Indian Food. It draws upon a range of sourcesliterature, archeology, epigraphic records, anthropology, philology, botanical and genetical studiesto trace the history of Indian food: classification, customs,...
by Jillian Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
In the late fourteenth century, the Iberian Peninsula was home to three major religions which coexisted in relative peace. Over the next two centuries, various political and social factors changed the face of Iberia dramatically. This book examines this period of dynamic change in Iberian history...
A History of the Food of Paris
From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Paris has played a unique role in world gastronomy, influencing cooks and gourmets across the world. It has served as a focal point not only for its own cuisine, but for regional specialties from across France. For tourists, its food remains one of the great attractions of the city itself. Yet the...
Inside the California Food Revolution
Thirty Years That Changed Our Culinary Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
In this authoritative and immensely readable insider’s account, celebrated cookbook author and former chef Joyce Goldstein traces the development of California cuisine from its formative years in the 1970s to 2000, when farm-to-table, foraging, and fusion cooking had become part of the national...
by Elizabeth David
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Legendary cook and writer Elizabeth David changed the way Britain ate, introducing a postwar nation to the sun-drenched delights of the Mediterranean, and bringing new flavours and aromas such as garlic, wine and olive oil into its kitchens. This mouthwatering selection of her writings and recipes...
by Isabella Beeton
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Firmly of the belief that a home should be run as an efficient military campaign, Mrs Beeton, the doyenne of English cookery, offers timeless tips on selecting cuts of meat, throwing a grand party and hosting a dinner, as well as giving suggestions on staff wages and the cost of each recipe.
With...
The Man Who Ate the World
In Search of the Perfect Dinner
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
An astronomical gastronomical undertaking —one of the world's preeminent restaurant critics takes on the giants of haute cuisine, one tasting menu at a time
Like the luxury fashion companies Gucci and Chanel, high-end dining has gone global, and Jay Rayner has watched, amazed, as the great...
Word of Mouth
What We Talk About When We Talk About Food
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Today, more than ever, talking about food improves the eating of it. Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson argues that conversation can even trump consumption. Where many works look at the production, preparation, and consumption of food, Word of Mouth captures the language that explains culinary practices....
Madrid
A Culinary History
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
As the capital city of Spain, Madrid is nowadays considered one of the most interesting “food towns” in the world. This is perhaps due to the wide variety of specialty dishes that its cuisine boasts, ranging from the old-fashioned and traditional to the modern, and even the futuristic; a cuisine...
You and I Eat the Same
On the Countless Ways Food and Cooking Connect Us to One Another (MAD Dispatches, Volume 1)
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Winner, 2019 IACP Award for Best Book of the Year in Food Matters
Named one of the Best Food Books of the Year by The New Yorker, Smithsonian, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, and more
MAD Dispatches: Furthering Our Ideas About Food
Good food is the common ground shared by all...
Great Food, All Day Long
Cook Splendidly, Eat Smart: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
“At one time, I described myself as a cook, a driver, and a writer. I no longer drive, but I do still write and I do still cook. And having reached the delicious age of eighty-one, I realize that I have been feeding other people and eating for a long time. I have been cooking nearly all my life,...