Food Writing category: 1790 books
Food and Drink
A Book of Quotations
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
This entertaining little book contains scores of thoughts, opinions, witticisms, and insights on two of the necessities — and greatest pleasures — of life. Included are humorous comments by Samuel Johnson ("A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.")...
Not My Mother's Kitchen
Rediscovering Italian-American Cooking Through Stories and Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Mo Rocca, host of "My Grandmother's Ravioli" says: "When life gives you lemons, make limoncello! Not My Mother's Kitchen is a funny, loving, and oh so useful manual on food, family and survival when your mom is a terrible cook."
Serving up a tale that is part memoir and...
Taste or Taboo
Dietary choices in antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2010
This book looks at the way in which food was employed in Greek and Roman literature to impart identity, whether social, individual, religious or ethnic. In many instances these markers are laid down in the way that foods were restricted, in other words by looking at the negatives instead of the positives...
Food, Cookery, and Dining in Ancient Times
Alexis Soyer's Pantropheon
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Enlightening account of the many different aspects of food and its preparation by the ancient Greeks, Romans, Assyrians, Egyptians, and Jews covers a wide array of subjects: the mythological origin of specific foods; agricultural, milling, and marketing practices; treatment of dinner guests; descriptions of seasonings, pastries, and exotic dishes; more. 38 black-and-white illustrations.
by Sebastian Bond
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Sebastian Bond is the Food Enthusiast. This is another of his books with spot-on reviews of the most exciting restaurants in town. Some will merit only a line or two, just to bring them to your attention. Others deserve a half page or more.
“Exciting”...
Eating Together
Food, Space, and Identity in Malaysia and Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Accepting the challenge of rethinking connections of food, space and identity within everyday spaces of “public” eating in Malaysia and Singapore, the authors enter street stalls, hawker centers, markets, cafes, restaurants, “food streets,” and “ethnic” neighborhoods to offer a broader...
Thai cuisine
794 page of delicous Thai food. Enjoy
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Thai cuisine is the national cuisine of Thailand. Blending elements of several Southeast Asian traditions, Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components. The spiciness of Thai cuisine is well known. As with other Asian cuisines, balance, detail...
Migrant Marketplaces
Food and Italians in North and South America
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Italian immigrants to the United States and Argentina hungered for the products of home. Merchants imported Italian cheese, wine, olive oil, and other commodities to meet the demand. The two sides met in migrant marketplaces--urban spaces that linked a mobile people with mobile goods in both real...
Foodways and Daily Life in Medieval Anatolia
A New Social History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Byzantine rule over Anatolia ended in the eleventh century, leaving the population and its Turkish rulers to build social and economic institutions throughout the region. The emerging Anatolian society comprised a highly heterogeneous population of Christians and Muslims whose literati produced legal...
Taste and See
Discovering God among Butchers, Bakers, and Fresh Food Makers
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
God is a foodie who wants to transform your supper into sacrament.
One of America's most beloved teachers and writers, Margaret Feinberg, goes on a remarkable journey to unearth God's perspective on food.
She writes that since the opening of creation, God, the Master Chef, seeds the...
Alpine Cooking
Recipes and Stories from Europe's Grand Mountaintops: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
A lushly photographed cookbook and travelogue showcasing the regional cuisines of the Alps, including 80 recipes for the elegant, rustic dishes served in the chalets and mountain huts situated among the alpine peaks of Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and France.
From the wintry peaks of Chamonix...
Caviar
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Served up with a mother of pearl spoon and alongside a crystal flute of champagne, caviar is the ultimate culinary symbol of wealth, luxury, and decadence. But how did tiny fish eggs—which many might regard as an unwanted, throwaway food—become such an international delicacy? In Caviar: A Global...
70s Dinner Party
The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly of Retro Food
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Guardian and The Spectator
Anna Pallai was brought up on 1970s stalwarts of stuffed peppers, meatloaf and platters of slightly greying hardboiled eggs. When she rediscovered her mother's grease-stained 70s cookbooks, she knew she needed to share them...
The WI Cookbook
The First 100 Years
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
As the Women's Institute turns 100, this beautifully packaged book, curated by food journalist Mary Gwynn, brings together the 100 best loved members' recipes nationwide. Organised decade by decade, and setting each recipe in its historical and social context, it spans everything from jams and preserves...