Food Writing category: 1790 books

A biography of one of the few Victorian ladies whose legacy has lasted well into the 21st century, and whose recipes are still used in thousands of kitchens today Eliza Acton is the forgotten hero of the culinary past, and a debt of gratitude to her is what Delia Smith, Elizabeth David, and Mrs. Beeton...

‘De zoetzure smaak van dromen’ van Sun Li (1980) beschrijft het familieverhaal achter een Chinees restaurant. De ouders van Sun Li komen in 1980 naar Nederland, met lege zakken en vijf kinderen. Zij openen een Chinees restaurant in Friesland en het hele gezin helpt mee, maar tegelijkertijd worden...

In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed chef Auguste Escoffier joined forces at the Savoy Hotel to spawn the...

In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her youth “surrounded by some of the most famous creative minds of the seventies and eighties…James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nina Simone” (New York magazine)—in a vibrant, lost era of New York City. In...

從吃早餐的小歷史，到飲食文化塑造現代文明的大歷史 就讓世界甦醒的味道──早餐！縈繞百年的文化美味，喚醒精氣神，滿足文化之欲 法國聖迪耶國際地理節獎、2008年聖德尼獎得主克里斯穹‧葛塔魯提醒我們：每天吃的早餐，早已累積了百年各國文化精萃！ 俗話說得好：「一日之計在於晨。」一天當中最重要的一餐，就是早餐了。不僅滿足口腹之欲，還是一日美好的開端。 早餐可簡單、可複雜、可華麗、可樸實，端視享用之人的喜好與需求。多數饕客在乎的是早餐好不好吃、去哪裡買、怎麼做？意在滿足填飽肚腹的物質需求，但你可曾想過，今日我們桌上的一份早餐，是積累了百年、來自各國的文化精華。 早餐其實顛覆了飲食史，擁有開創嶄新世界的力量，在短短幾百年間橫掃了歐亞大陸，成為許多人一早的精緻享受。特別在歐洲，早餐的形成與航海時代商船貿易的發達息息相關，成了展示外貿成果與新潮食品的最好舞台，其食材的演變與人們重視它的程度，在在顯示它跨越了物的界線，漸漸轉化為一種文化現象，且是令人驚異的跨文化融合。 當你坐在路邊早餐店的一角，享用著咖啡、火腿蛋土司與沙拉，享用著一天之始的明媚時，不妨想想：咖啡是怎麼傳進來的？土司是什麼時候開始占據我們的餐桌？沙拉又怎麼會成為健康的代表食品？就會發現，一張小小餐桌上的食物就像聯合國，而你正站在歷史的發展洪流中，帶著新文化向前邁進。 在《百年早餐史：現代人最重要的晨間革命，可可、咖啡與糖霜編織而成的芬芳記憶》一書裡，作者克里斯穹‧葛塔魯除了直向梳理早餐演變的歷史，還縱向包攬了地域發展、產業、運輸等的演進，以地理學家的獨到眼光，帶領我們看各個異域間的交流如何轉變固有的習慣，而這些習慣又如何內化，逐漸成為生活不可分割的文化。 「每個人都知道天天吃的早餐，因為太過熟悉了，以至於沒想過該去深入了解它長達三世紀的歷史！」 一旦明白了其中奧妙，早晨的餐桌就是精采又多元的文化共和國。每一種組合都是創新，每一次入口都是顛覆。 ※...

Extrait : "Le Civet - Pour faire un bon Civet, d'abord prenez un lièvre Tué d'un coup de feu, non pas mort de la fièvre Et puis, découpez-le par morceaux avec art. Dans une casserole avec du petit lard Vous faites revenir des oignons en bon nombre. Qu'ils soient d'un brun doré, mais non de teinte sombre."

Whether classics like Hershey's, Mars and M&Ms or trend-setters like PEZ and Atomic Fireballs, candy has a special place in the hearts and memories of most Americans, who to this day consume more than 600 billion pounds of it each year. In this colorful illustrated guide, Darlene Lacey looks...

A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject. A Proper Drink is the first-ever book to tell the full, unflinching story of the contemporary craft cocktail revival. Award-winning writer Robert...

Celebrate Youngstown's proud tradition of dining out, a commitment to hospitality that has endured through the tightening of the Rust Belt. Take a tour of restaurants like the MVR and the Boulevard, which continue to reflect Youngstown's ethnic diversity and tenacious entrepreneurial spirit, as well...

In 1949, Iowa farm wife Evelyn Birkby began to write a weekly column entitled “Up a Country Lane” for the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel, now called the Valley News. Sixty-three years, one Royal typewriter, and five computers later, she is still creating a weekly record of the lives and interests...

No Experience Necessary is Chef Norman Van Aken’s joyride of a memoir. In it he spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs—including the fateful job advertisement in the local paper for a short-order cook with “no experience necessary.” Long considered a culinary renegade and a...

The Curious World of Wine is a fascinating miscellany about the colorful characters, celebrated places, and quirky events surrounding wine-making. Recounting wine tales that are by turns amusing, surprising, and occasionally a bit naughty, wine expert Richard Vine reveals little-known facts such as: •...

A Field Guide to Whisky is a one-stop guide for all the information a whisky enthusiast needs. With the whisky market booming all over the world, now is a perfect time for a comprehensive guide to this popular brown spirit. What are the basic ingredients in all whiskies? How does it get its flavor?...

Winner, Taste Canada Gold Medal for Culinary Narrative Commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birth, Sir John's Table is a refreshing look at Canada's first prime minister. Sir John's Table traverses the colourful life of Macdonald, from his passage as a young...