Food Writing category: 1790 books
Creamy and Crunchy
An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
More than Mom's apple pie, peanut butter is the all-American food. With its rich, roasted-peanut aroma and flavor; caramel hue; and gooey, consoling texture, peanut butter is an enduring favorite, found in the pantries of at least 75 percent of American kitchens. Americans eat more than a billion...
America the Edible
A Hungry History, from Sea to Dining Sea
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Get ready to devour America. Adam Richman, the exuberant host of Travel Channel's Man v. Food and Man v. Food Nation, has made it his business to root out unique dining experiences from coast to coast.
Now, he zeroes in on some of his top-favorite cities—from Portland, Maine, to Savannah,...
Anything That Moves
Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
The popular New Yorker writer combines the style of Mary Roach with the on-the-ground food savvy of Anthony Bourdain.
Dana Goodyear’s narrative debut is a highly entertaining, revelatory look into the raucous, strange, fascinatingly complex world of contemporary American food culture. At...
Hamburger
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc once said, “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” The hamburger has been a staple of American culture for the last century, both a source of gluttonous joy and a recurrent obstacle to healthy eating. Now the full beauty of the burger...
The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Si King and Dave Myers, AKA the Hairy Bikers have travelled an interesting road. Born in the north of England, both Si and Dave had their childhood challenges. For Si, being bullied as the fat kid in class was part of his daily school routine. For Dave, his life changed when he became a childhood...
Climbing the Mango Trees
A Memoir of a Childhood in India
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
The enchanting autobiography of the seven-time James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and acclaimed actress who taught America how to cook Indian food.
Whether climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with...
by Linda Franks
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Becoming a Chef
Chef, author, radio and television character Rocco DiSpirito was born on November 19, 1966, in Queens, New York. A rising celebrity in the 1990s New York City culinary scene, DiSpirito has broadened his reach beyond the kitchen area to become a successful cookbook author...
by Nadia G
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
HAUTE OUT OF THE OVEN—BITCHIN’ KITCHEN’S NADIA G IS COOKIN’ FOR TROUBLE!
Culinary It-girl Nadia G is just as skilled strutting in stilettos as she is wielding a meat cleaver. Now this Julia Child of the Net generation and host of the wildly popular Bitchin’ Kitchen TV show on the Cooking...
French Roots
Two Cooks, Two Countries, and the Beautiful Food along the Way: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
A narratively rich cookbook of French and Californian recipes from longtime Chez Panisse executive chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and his wife, Denise Moulle.
Jean-Pierre and Denise Moullé met on a street corner in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they were married. French Roots is...
Foodie Facts
A Food Lover's Guide to America's Favorite Dishes from Apple Pie to Corn on the Cob
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
A treasury of trivia—plus recipes—for lovers of good old-fashioned comfort food.
Who pitted the first cherries and nestled them into pie crust? Was a meatloaf sandwich the result of a late-night refrigerator run? And does anyone really crave green bean casserole, complete with fried onions...
Ice Cream
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Be it soft-serve, gelato, frozen custard, Indian kulfi or Israeli glida, some form of cold, sweet ice cream treat can found throughout the world in restaurants and home freezers. Though ice cream was once considered a food for the elite, it has evolved into one of the most successful mass-market products...
New York City
A Food Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
New York City’s first food biography showcases all the vibrancy, innovation, diversity, influence, and taste of this most-celebrated American metropolis. Its cuisine has developed as a lively potluck supper, where discrete culinary traditions have survived, thrived, and interacted. For almost 400...
Sandwich
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
The humble peanut butter and jelly or bologna and cheese or corned beef on rye—no matter your cooking expertise, chances are you’ve made and eaten countless sandwiches in your lifetime. It’s quick, it’s simple, and it’s open to infinite variety and inventiveness. If there’s something bread-...
Reel Food
Essays on Food and Film
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.