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  • Food

    A Culinary History

    Edited by Jean-Louis Flandrin, Massimo Montanari ...
    Series series European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
    When did we first serve meals at regular hours? Why did we begin using individual plates and utensils to eat? When did "cuisine" become a concept and how did we come to judge food by its method of preparation, manner of consumption, and gastronomic merit?Food: A Culinary History explores culinary evolution and eating habits from prehistoric times to the present, offering surprising insights into ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Food Is Culture

    by Massimo Montanari ...
    Translated by Albert Sonnenfeld ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    Elegantly written by a distinguished culinary historian, Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do with food—its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption—represents a cultural act. Even the "choices" made by primitive hunters and gatherers were determined by a culture of economics (availability) and medicine (digestibility and nutrition) that led to the ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Culture of the Fork

    A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe

    by Giovanni Rebora ...
    Translated by Albert Sonnenfeld ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    We know where he went, what he wrote, and even what he wore, but what in the world did Christopher Columbus eat? The Renaissance and the age of discovery introduced Europeans to exotic cultures, mores, manners, and ideas. Along with the cross-cultural exchange of Old and New World, East and West, came new foodstuffs, preparations, and flavors. That kitchen revolution led to the development of new ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • The Food of Myanmar

    Authentic Recipes from the Land of the Golden Pagodas

    by Claudia Saw Lwin Robert, Win Pe, Wendy Hutton ...
    Myanmar, or Burma as it was previously known, is a land of golden pagodas, mighty rivers and generous deltas. While the beauty of its countryside has long been famous, Myanmar's cuisine has been something of a secret up until now.Myanmar has over 130 ethnic groups and has been called a meeting point for peoples around Asia. This diversity is reflected in the various types of foods that are eaten ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Food of Paris

    Authentic Recipes from Parisian Bistros and Restaurants

    by Marie-Noel Rio ...
    Series series Food Of The World Cookbooks
    Paris - the "City of Lights" with its magnificent tradition of architecture, fashion, literature, and art is also known throughout the world as the gourmet capital of France.The Food of Paris features over 60 delicious recipes gathered from a broad spectrum of celebrated Parisian eateries. Savor such mouthwatering dishes as:Onion SoupPumpkin Tart with Apples and NutsSole Meuniere with Steamed ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Dearie

    The Remarkable Life of Julia Child

    by Bob Spitz ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A"rollicking biography" (People Magazine) and extraordinarily entertaining account of how Julia Child transformed herself into the cult figure who touched off a food revolution that has gripped the country for decades.Spanning Pasadena to Paris, acclaimed author Bob Spitz reveals the history behind the woman who taught America how to cook. A genuine rebel who took the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Cooked

    A Natural History of Transformation

    by Michael Pollan ...
    **Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, How to Change Your Mind, and This is Your Mind on Plants explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen in Cooked."Having described what's wrong with American food in his best-selling The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006), New York Times contributor Pollan delivers a more optimistic but equally fascinating ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The American Way of Eating

    Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table

    by Tracie McMillan ...
    The New York Times bestselling work of undercover journalism in the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from eating well—and what we can do about it.When award-winning (and working-class) journalist Tracie McMillan saw foodies swooning over $9 organic tomatoes, she couldn’t help but wonder: What about the rest ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Tex-Mex Cookbook

    A History in Recipes and Photos

    by Robb Walsh ...
    Join Texas food writer Robb Walsh on a grand tour complete with larger-than-life characters, colorful yarns, rare archival photographs, and a savory assortment of more than 100 recipes for crispy, crunchy Tex-Mex foods.From the Mexican pioneers of the sixteenth century, who first brought horses and cattle to Texas, to the Spanish mission era when cumin and garlic were introduced, to the 1890s when ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Fear of Food

    A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat

    by Harvey Levenstein ...
    An "entertaining and enlightening" history of the scares, scams, and pseudoscience that have made food a source of anxiety in America ( The Boston Globe).Are eggs the perfect protein, or cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart, or bad for my liver? Will pesticides and processed foods kill me? In this book, food historian Harvey Levenstein encourages us to take a deep breath, and reveals ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tea Enthusiast's Handbook

    A Guide to the World's Best Teas

    by Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss ...
    AROUND THE WORLD IN A TEACUPDid you know that tea is the most widely consumed beverage on the planet after water? Or that all of the world’s tea originates from only three varieties of a single plant? While a cup of tea may be a simple pleasure for most of us, there are a dizzying number of tastes from which to choose. And every tea, whether a delicately sweet green tea from Japan or a bracing, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • A Brief Culinary Art History of the Western Chef Avante-Guarde Through the Late 20Th Century

    by Tony Baran ...
    A Brief Culinary Art History of the Western Chef Avante-Guarde Through the Late 20th Century examines Western cuisine as an art form. The book takes the vantage point of the Chef vanguard from second century AD Rome through the Italian and French Renaissances, modernism, and the emergence of global cuisine in the West during the last half of the twentieth century. The Book also compares cuisine to ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD