Food Writing category: 1790 books
Big Delicious Life
Stacey Ballis's Most Awesome Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
150 simple and scrumptious recipes from Stacy Ballis’s hit novels Out to Lunch, Off the Menu, Good Enough to Eat, and Recipe for Disaster, as well as 40 new, never-before-seen recipes!
Stacey Ballis is not a professional chef. She is, however, a foodie novelist, meal innovator, family cook, memory...
by Elisabeth Luard
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
From the award-winning food writer: “A fascinating collection of recipes and folklore that shows how the year used to be structured around feasts” (The Telegraph).
From all over Europe—Scotland to the Mediterranean, Hungary to Cornwall—Elisabeth Luard has collected descriptions of traditional...
From the Heart
Writing Advice and Tasty Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Food warms the heart. It brings people together as they gather to share in the feast.
Becoming an author does not follow a single route. There are many ways to reach the goal.
Let Inkspell Publishing’s best-selling and award-wining authors tempt you as they share their favorite recipes...
The Soul of a Chef
The Journey Toward Perfection
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
In his second in-depth foray into the world of professional cooking, Michael Ruhlman journeys into the heart of the profession. Observing the rigorous Certified Master Chef exam at the Culinary Institute of America, the most influential cooking school in the country, Ruhlman enters the lives and kitchens...
Safe Food
The Politics of Food Safety
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Food safety is a matter of intense public concern, and for good reason. Millions of annual cases of food "poisonings" raise alarm not only about the food served in restaurants and fast-food outlets but also about foods bought in supermarkets. The introduction of genetically modified foods—immediately...
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishment and connection. Now in Hallelujah! The Welcome Table,...
The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook
Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Hard-boiled breakfasts, thrilling entrees, cozy desserts, and more—this illustrated cookbook features more than 100 recipes from legendary mystery authors.
Whether you're planning a sinister dinner party or whipping up some comfort food perfect for a day of writing, you'll find plenty to...
Food Politics
How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States--enough calories...
The Physiology of Taste
Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Perhaps the most influential food writer of his day, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin’s gastronomic essays are founding documents in the food-writing genre. This great classic of gastronomy is a witty and authoritative compendium on the art of dining, and it has never been out of print since first publication...
by Medlar Lucan
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The chapter headings say it all: Corruption and Decay; Blood, the Vital Ingredient;The Gastronomic Mausoleum; and I Can Recommend the Poodle. This is a not a normal cookbook but a slightly sinister and highly literate feast of decadent writing on food. There are dishes from the tables of Caligula and...
Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties
An Entertaining Life (with Recipes)
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Southern humorist Julia Reed celebrates Southern food, Southern women, and the Southern penchant for enjoying good times in this collection of her food writing.
Julia Reed spends a lot of time thinking about ham biscuits. And cornbread and casseroles and the surprisingly modern ease of donning...
The Old World Kitchen
The Rich Tradition of European Peasant Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
"The best cookbook no one's ever heard of."
—MARK BITTMAN
"Through her eloquent writing and delicious recipes, Elizabeth Luard is able to bring us back in touch with the sources of real nourishment. This is a wonderful, inspiring and important book." —ALICE WATERS, founder...
Slow Food
The Case for Taste
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2003
Take a breath.... Read slowly.
How often in the course and crush of our daily lives do we afford ourselves moments to truly relish-to truly be present in-the act of preparing and eating food? For most of us, our enjoyment of food has fallen victim to the frenetic pace of our lives and to our...
Honey, Olives, Octopus
Adventures at the Greek Table
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Combining the best of memoir, travel literature, and food writing, Christopher Bakken delves into one of the most underappreciated cuisines in Europe in this rollicking celebration of the Greek table. He explores the traditions and history behind eight elements of Greek cuisine—olives, bread, fish,...