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  • 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

    $41.59 CAD

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  • 109 Greek Recipes: History of the Greek Diet

    by A. Kramden ...
    There are 109 authentic Greek recipes (with pictures) that are easy to navigate to via the books' active table of contents. This eBook goes beyond just cooking and baking. It also provides interesting history regarding the Greek diet as well as the history, and, in many cases, the medicinal purpose of each spice and herb used in Greek meals. You would be surprised of the medicinal value of some of ... Read more

    $3.25 CAD

  • The United States of Arugula

    The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution

    by David Kamp ...
    The wickedly entertaining, hunger-inducing, behind-the-scenes story of the revolution in American food that has made exotic ingredients, celebrity chefs, rarefied cooking tools, and destination restaurants familiar aspects of our everyday lives.Amazingly enough, just twenty years ago eating sushi was a daring novelty and many Americans had never even heard of salsa. Today, we don't bat an eye at a ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • Liquid Memory

    Why Wine Matters

    by Jonathan Nossiter ...
    Jonathan Nossiter, acclaimed filmmaker and former sommelier, had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's fingertip. For him, wine is "memory in its most liquid and dynamic form," as essential an expression of culture as cinema, books, baseball, painting, even sex. With great wit and passion, he celebrates wine and its enthusiasts—and defends both from those who tell ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • One Big Table

    600 recipes from the nation's best home cooks, farmers, fishermen, pit-masters, and chefs

    by Molly O'Neill ...
    Ten years ago, former New York Times food columnist Molly O’Neill embarked on a transcontinental road trip to investigate reports that Americans had stopped cooking at home. As she traveled highways, dirt roads, bayous, and coastlines gathering stories and recipes, it was immediately apparent that dire predictions about the end of American cuisine were vastly overstated. From Park Avenue to ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Food of Sri Lanka

    by Douglas Bullis, Wendy Hutton ...
    Series series Food Of The World Cookbooks
    This book features over 60 sumptuous recipes originating from the four corners of the island, including classics such as appa and iddiappan (eff and string hoppers), pittu (steamed rice flour rolls), kiri bath (milk rice), ambulthiyal (claypot fish), konda kaum (topknot cakes) and an array of sambol or condiments. Stunning location photography, a detailed glossary of ingredients, and comprehensive ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • The Cook Book

    Fortnum & Mason

    by Tom Parker Bowles ...
    Sunday Times BestsellerIt’s a national icon, a British institution, the finest grocer of them all. Fortnum & Mason is a store that has fuelled the tide of British history, fed the appetites of kings and queens, maharajahs and czars, emperors, dukes and divas alike.Fortnum & Mason is a constantly evolving, hugely successful modern enterprise, one that respects its magnificent history while looking ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Three World Cuisines

    Italian, Mexican, Chinese

    by Ken Albala ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Food and Gastronomy
    The text begins with a comprehensive theory of cuisine in the introduction and moves to the parallel culinary histories of Italy, Mexico, and China: the independent domestication of crops in each, the social, political, and technological developments that gave rise to each cuisine, and cooking in both professional and home settings. It also compares the internal logic of the cooking style and ... Read more

    $231.49 CAD

  • Asian Cocktails

    Creative Drinks Inspired by the East

    Edited by Holly Jennings, Christine LeBlond ...
    Thirsty? Open up this cookbook and you’ll find recipes for over 90 delectable cocktails, all with comprehensive instructions and detailed instructional photos. Not only is this a collection of exotic drinks, but it also doubles as an all-inclusive bar guide. This book contains the combined knowledge of 15 master mixologists from five different countries and each brings the specialties of their ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Retro Recipes from the '50s and '60s

    103 Vintage Appetizers, Dinners, and Drinks Everyone Will Love

    by Addie Gundry ...
    Series series RecipeLion
    In Retro Recipes from the '50s and '60s, Cutthroat Kitchen star Addie Gundry serves up nostalgic recipes from the Mad Men era, like Beef Wellington and Grasshopper Pie. Post-war rationing became a distant memory, and the rise of home entertainment culture made for prettier, more complex food. With French influence from Julia Child, and elegant aspirational figures like Jacqueline Kennedy, suburban ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Cake

    A Global History

    by Nicola Humble ...
    Series Book 10 - Edible
    Let them eat cake! What birthday, wedding or children’s party would be complete without it? It is the ultimate food of celebration in many cultures throughout the world, but how did it come to be so? Cake: A Global History explores the origin of modern cake and its development from sweet bread to architectural flight of fancy, together with the meanings, legends and rituals attached to cake ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • The Secret Financial Life of Food

    From Commodities Markets to Supermarkets

    by Kara Newman ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    One morning while reading Barron's, Kara Newman took note of a casual bit of advice offered by famed commodities trader Jim Rogers. "Buy breakfast," he told investors, referring to the increasing value of pork belly and frozen orange juice futures. The statement inspired Newman to take a closer look at agricultural commodities, from the iconic pork belly to the obscure peppercorn and nutmeg. The ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD