Food Writing category: 1790 books
The Cider Revival
Dispatches from the Orchard
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Cider is having a major moment, and The Cider Revival charts its history, resurgence, and a year with the vanguard makers of heritage cider
Cider is the quintessential American beverage. Drank by early settlers and founding fathers, it was ubiquitous and pervasive, but following Prohibition...
Something Warm from the Oven: Baking Memories, Making Memories
Baking Memories, Making Memories
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
A trove of classic recipes from the New York Times bestselling novelist Eileen Goudge
One of six children, Eileen Goudge learned to bake at an early age, inspired by her mother, who made everything from scratch and baked all her own bread. She has fond memories of the banana cake,...
La Cuisine Creole
A Collection of Culinary Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Although it was printed anonymously in 1885, Lafcadio Hearn is generally accepted as the author of La Cuisine Creole. In his introduction, Hearn describes the intriguing origin of this unique cuisine, explaining that, “it partakes of the nature of its birthplace—New Orleans—which is cosmopolitan...
by M. F. K. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
M. F. K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our “poet of the appetites,” here pays tribute to that most enigmatic of ocean creatures, the oyster. As she tells of oysters found in stews, in soups, roasted, baked, fried, prepared à la Rockefeller or au naturel—and of the pearls sometimes found...
One Thousand Valuable Secrets, in the Elegant and Useful Arts
Collected from the Practice of the Best Artists and Containing an Account of the Various Methods
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Originally published in London in 1775, One Thousand Valuable Secrets was Americanized and published in Philadelphia in 1795 in an effort to help the newly established United States become self-sufficient from Europe. As stated in the preface, the purpose of the American edition was to “promote industry...
by The Duchess of Northumberland
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Featuring some of the oldest jam recipes ever recorded, this book from the archives of the Duchesses of Northumberland combines baking and historyElizabeth was the first Duchess of Northumberland and established the domestic rules of this dynasty that has ruled for more than 700 years. Controlling...
Tea
The Drink that Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
This book is a fascinating history of tea and the spreading of tea throughout the world.
Camellia sinensis, commonly known as tea, is grown in tea gardens and estates around the world. A simple beverage served either hot or iced, tea has fascinated and driven us, calmed and awoken us, for well...
The Spirit of Gin
A Stirring Miscellany of the New Gin Revival
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
The ultimate guide to today’s exciting gin revival with a nod to the spirit’s rich history, featuring a comprehensive review of gin distilleries, ingredients and accoutrements, distilling methods, cocktail recipes, international bar guide, and creative contributions from industry leaders.
The...
True Taste
The Seven Essential Wine Words
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
There's a world of words to describe wine, but only seven you need to know to understand it.
Wine is one of the most written about beverages in our history, with dictionaries dedicated solely to the words and phrases used to describe it in the ever-expanding world of self-professed wine connoisseurs....
by William Cobbett
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The American publication of Cottage Economy by Stephen Gould and Sons was basically a compilation of a series of pamphlets published by Cobbett in 1821 in England. Cobbett was an English political activist at a time when the industrial revolution was changing the face of rural Britain, and he was constantly...
by Rowan Jacobsen
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Rowan Jacobsen, winner of the James Beard Award, discovered the best chocolate he had ever eaten – a long-lost strain of wild cacao from the Bolivian rainforest. Heres the story of how he tracked it down, journeying by boat into the heart of Amazonia, enduring monstrous ticks, warlike ants, floods,...
Confederate Receipt Book
A Compilation of Over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
With the blockade of Southern ports and the lack of trading between the North and South during the Civil War, the Confederacy found itself in great deprivation, lacking its customary supplies. Showing great resourcefulness, southerners developed new ways to feed and clothe themselves and these adaptations...
by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Do you know which cheese is the most expensive in the world? Or why cheese made in the village of Stilton can no longer be called Stilton cheese? How large was the wheel of Cheddar given to Queen Victoria as a wedding present? And what was Napoleon’s favourite cheese? All these questions and more are...
All about Coffee
A History of Coffee from the Classic Tribute to the World's Most Beloved Beverage
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
The original homage to the world's most extraordinary drink!
In 1922, William H. Ukers wrote the definitive work on coffee. As the founder of The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, an industry magazine still active today, he spent seventeen years traveling the world and uncovering everything there...