Food Writing category: 1790 books
Cake
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Be it a birthday or a wedding—let them eat cake. Encased in icing, crowned with candles, emblazoned with congratulatory words—cake is the ultimate food of celebration in many cultures around the world. But how did cake come to be the essential food marker of a significant occasion? In Cake: A...
Bon Appetempt
A Coming-of-Age Story (with Recipes!)
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
When Amelia Morris saw a towering, beautiful chocolate cake in Bon Appétit and took the recipe home to recreate it for a Christmas day brunch she was hosting, it resulted in a terrible (but tasty) mess that had to be served in an oversize bowl. It was also a revelation. Both delicious and damaged,...
Cuba!
Recipes and Stories from the Cuban Kitchen: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Cuba! explores the magic of this vibrant country through more than 75 recipes that will set taste buds on fire and stories that will delight even the most well-seasoned traveler.
Brazen, bold, and colorful, Cuba is a country that pulses with life. Fascinated by its people and their endlessly...
Toast
The Story of a Boy's Hunger
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2005
Toast is Nigel Slater’s truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as he takes readers on a tour of the contents of his family’s pantry—rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuits—we are transported....
His...
Amarcord
Marcella Remembers
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
Beloved teacher and bestselling cookbook author Marcella Hazan tells how a young girl raised in Emilia-Romagna became America?s godmother of Italian cooking
Widely credited with introducing proper Italian food to the English-speaking world, Marcella Hazan is as authentic as they come. Raised...
Salted and Cured
Savoring the Culture, Heritage, and Flavor of America's Preserved Meats
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
From country ham to coppa, bacon to bresaola
Prosciutto. Andouille. Country ham. The extraordinary rise in popularity of cured meats in recent years often overlooks the fact that the ancient practice of meat preservation through the use of salt, time, and smoke began as a survival technique....
All-You-Can-Eat and Drink in Tokyo
Reasonably Priced Sushi, Sukiyaki, Shabu-Shabu, Yakiniku, Sweets, Japanese Food and Sake in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2014
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This guidebook shows four restaurants that serve reasonably priced, high quality Japanese food, including sushi, sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, yakiniku and sweets.
All of these restaurants offer not only all-you-can-eat but also all-you-can-drink alcoholic beverages.
The restaurants are located in and around the city of Tokyo Japan.
Lucky Peach All About Eggs
Everything We Know About the World's Most Important Food: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
A handbook, a cookbook, an eggbook: this quasi-encyclopedic ovarian overview is the only tome you need to own about the indispensable egg.
Eggs: star of the most important meal of the day, and, to hear billions of cooks and chefs tell it, quite possibly the world's most important food. Does...
My Mother's Kitchen
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
My Mother's Kitchen is a funny, moving memoir about a son’s discovery that his mother has a genius for understanding the intimate connections between cooking, people and love
Peter Gethers wants to give his aging mother a very personal and perhaps final gift: a spectacular feast featuring...
by Nataly Sielicki
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
In the series of short essays the author overviews works of anthropologists, archeologists, cultural sociologists, historians and gastronomists who argue that the cooking played a significant role in human evolution and history, and sometimes even whole Empires “were built not by the sword but by...
But First, Champagne
A Modern Guide to the World?s Favorite Wine
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
There’s never been a better time to get into Champagne!
Both the region of Champagne and its wines have always been associated with prestige and luxury. Knowledgeable wine enthusiasts have long discussed top Champagnes with the same reverence they reserve for the finest wines of Bordeaux...
The Unprejudiced Palate
Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
First issued in 1948, when soulless minute steaks and quick casseroles were becoming the norm, The Unprejudiced Palate inspired a seismic culinary shift in how America eats. Written by a food-loving immigrant from Tuscany, this memoir-cum-cookbook articulates the Italian American vision of the good...
by Amy Bizzarri
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
A celebration of Chicago food that goes far beyond deep-dish pizza—filled with recipes, photos, and local history!
The food that fuels hardworking Chicagoans includes such local classics as Spinning Salad, Flaming Saganaki, Jumpballs, Jim Shoes, Pizza Puffs, and Pullman Bread. The restaurants,...
by Jim Chevallier
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Green eggs were popular once, and long before Dr. Seuss, in France. Poached eggs were served with orange juice and spices. Easter eggs inspired not egg hunts, but loud, raucous processions.Cheese might be eaten with sugar and even cinnamon. Brie and Parmesan cheese were popular long before modern...