Food Writing category: 1790 books
by George Washington Carver
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016
In The Hall of Fame for Great Americans Inductee's Own Words
From a humble beginnings, small chances of survival, slavery, great discrimination and many hard starts, comes one of America's greatest heroes and scientists in his own words.
George Washington Carver's Legacy
The...
Chasing Chiles
Hot Spots along the Pepper Trail
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Chasing Chiles looks at both the future of place-based foods and the effects of climate change on agriculture through the lens of the chile pepper-from the farmers who cultivate this iconic crop to the cuisines and cultural traditions in which peppers play a huge role.
Why chile peppers? Both...
by Marjorie Shaffer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Filled with anecdotes and fascinating information, "a spicy read indeed." (Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed the World)
The perfect companion to Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A World History, Pepper illuminates the rich history of...
Mincemeat
The Education of an Italian Chef
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
With the wit and pace of Anthony Bourdain, Italian chef and anthropologist Leonardo Lucarelli sketches the exhilarating life behind the closed doors of restaurants, and the unlikely work ethics of the kitchen.
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In Italy, five-star restaurants and celebrity chefs may seem, on the surface, a part...
by ROBERT MARCHESE
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Questo testo è frutto di una ricerca su svariati testi di cui è data ampia bibliografia. Contiene una panoramica die grandi cuochie dell'antichità ed in particolare dell'epoca medievale ma con riferimenti anche alla cucina dell'antica Roma e quella Rinascimentale. Si descrive anche l'evoluzione...
Uncorked
My Journey Through the Crazy World of Wine
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Marco Pasanella's behind-the-scenes memoir through the world of wine will captivate wine lovers with its story of one man who decided, at age 43, to change his life by opening a wine shop.
As Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant explored the front and back of the house at restaurants, Uncorked...
My Beer Year
Adventures with Hop Farmers, Craft Brewers, Chefs, Beer Sommeliers, and Fanatical Drinkers as a Beer Master in Training
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
As a journalist spurred by curiosity and thirst, Lucy Burningham made it her career to write about craft beer, traveling to hop farms, attending rare beer–tasting parties, and visiting as many taprooms, breweries, and festivals as possible. With this as her introduction, Lucy decided to take her...
Tsukiji
The Fish Market at the Center of the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2004
Located only blocks from Tokyo's glittering Ginza, Tsukiji—the world's largest marketplace for seafood—is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists....
by Gerald Asher
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past thirty years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for those...
Drink More Whiskey
Everything You Need to Know About Your New Favorite Drink!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This smart guide to whiskey introduces a new generation of would-be connoisseurs to the hottest new-again spirit. And with upstart distillers reviving varieties like white dog (moonshine to prohibition-era folks), now is the best time to start learning about it. Drink More Whiskey is the reference...
The Makers of American Wine
A Record of Two Hundred Years
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. Thomas Pinney takes an engaging approach to the history of American wine by telling its story through the lives of 13 people who played significant roles in building an industry...
Reinventing the Wheel
Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
In little more than a century, industrial practices have altered every aspect of the cheesemaking process, from the bodies of the animals that provide the milk to the microbial strains that ferment it. Reinventing the Wheel explores what has been lost as raw-milk, single-farm cheeses have given way...
by Kathryn Ferry
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2011
The 1950s was the first great age of the modern kitchen. Labour-saving appliances, bright colours and the novelty of fitted units moved the kitchen from dankness into light, where it became the domain of the happy housewife and the heart of the home. New space-age material Formica, decorated with...
Tokyo Sashimi Tour
The Backpacker's Guide to the Sashimi, Sushi and Seafood Shops in Tokyo
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
8 May, 2017 (Edition 2)
Old information was updated.
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This guidebook introduces four highly recommended seafood restaurants and an interesting supermarket in Tokyo, Japan. Especially the shops offer delicious sashimi (sliced raw seafood).
Hopefully, you are interested...