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  • Dining Out in Boston: A Culinary History by O'Connell, James C.
    James C. O'Connell

    Dining Out in Boston: A Culinary History

    Over the years, Boston has been one of America's leading laboratories of urban culture, including restaurants, and Boston history provides valuable insights into American food ways. James C. O'Connell, in this fascinating look at more than two centuries of culinary trends in Boston restaurants,...
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  • The Classical Cookbook by Dalby, Andrew
    Andrew Dalby

    The Classical Cookbook

    The updated edition of this best-selling cookbook features a delicious collection of recipes from every strata of classical civilization, all accessible to the contemporary cook. Using a subtle mix of sweet and sour flavours, fragrant herbs, creamy cheesecakes and hearty red wines, ancient Mediterranean...
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  • Chinese Tea by Yun, Ling
    Yun Ling

    Chinese Tea

    With over 120 stunning color photographs and illustrations, Chinese Tea is an exploration of this treasured beverage in China. An excellent companion for those who have an interest in Chinese tea and its rich traditions. Learn about the history of Chinese tea, the 10...
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  • Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History by Weingarten, Susan
    Susan Weingarten

    Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History

    "An intriguing exploration of one of the most mysterious symbolic Passover foods"--Cover.Author: Susan WeingartenISBN-10: 159264516XISBN-13: 9781592645169Publisher: Toby PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2019Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.80d
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  • My Cookbook Passion: Culinary History and Adventure in Exploring My Collection by Grogan, Pamela Kure
    Pamela Kure Grogan

    My Cookbook Passion: Culinary History and Adventure in Exploring My Collection

    A cookbook with a historic recipe anthology does not easily define the wonder of tracking the evolution of the cookbook and the modernization of the kitchen. Pamela Kure Grogan's My Cookbook Passion draws upon a vintage selection from her 3,000 volume cookbook collection showcasing...
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  • The Very Surprising History of Fish and Chips: How refugees, revolution and railways made The British Classic by Hughes, Glyn
    Glyn Hughes

    The Very Surprising History of Fish and Chips: How refugees, revolution and railways made The British Classic

    It's entirely about Fish and Chips. In the course of which it's also about the Bar-Kokhba revolt of 136AD, the potato-related causes of the French Revolution, a Durham coal-owner's predilection for Hannahs, the British Camel Corps, the Gr匇svn Volcano, George Washington, the fighting Belgian...
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  • Wine Myths, Facts & Snobberies: 81 Questions & Answers on the Science and Enjoyment of Wine by Pambianchi, Daniel
    Daniel Pambianchi

    Wine Myths, Facts & Snobberies: 81 Questions & Answers on the Science and Enjoyment of Wine

    Acknowledging how today's wine sales and consumption are far outpacing those of beer and spirits, this examination addresses questions commonly asked by the novice and experienced oenophile alike. Using short anecdotes with a dash of humor to present intriguing facts about wine, this consideration...
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  • Akron Family Recipes: History and Traditions from Sauerkraut Balls to Sweet Potato Pie by James, Judy Orr
    Judy Orr James

    Akron Family Recipes: History and Traditions from Sauerkraut Balls to Sweet Potato Pie

    Compiling more than 100 family recipes, founder of the Akron Recipe Project Judy Orr James serves up a history of home cooking in the Rubber City. From the city's founding in 1825 through the years following World War II, numerous ethnic and cultural groups...
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  • Lost Restaurants of Philadelphia by Strauss, Amy
    Amy Strauss

    Lost Restaurants of Philadelphia

    Culinary Memories from Philadelphia's Past...Beyond the Cheesesteak Long before Philadelphia's food scene was splashed on covers of Bon Appetit and local establishments garnered accolades like America's best restaurant, culinary pioneers set the city's restaurant industry ablaze. Frenchman Georges Perrier brought the city the highest,...
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  • Conscious Food: Sustainable Growing, Spiritual Eating by Ewing, Jim Pathfinder
    Jim Pathfinder Ewing

    Conscious Food: Sustainable Growing, Spiritual Eating

    When did growing and eating food cease to be considered sacred? How did food lose its connection with health? Why is our food system out of control? What simple steps can we each take to profoundly change our world as a healthier place for...
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  • Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits by Spoelman, Colin
    Colin Spoelman

    Dead Distillers: A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits

    Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits. Dead Distillers presents 50 fascinating--and sometimes morbid--biographies from this historic trade's bygone...
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  • Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage by Veach, Michael R.
    Michael R. Veach

    Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage

    On May 4, 1964, Congress designated bourbon as a distinctive product of the United States, and it remains the only spirit produced in this country to enjoy such protection. Its history stretches back almost to the founding of the nation and includes many colorful...
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  • Cast Iron Skillet Care: Seasoning Cast Iron and Care for New and Old Cast Iron Cookware Plus Tasty Cast Iron Skillet Recipes by Smith, Sebrina Zerkus
    Sebrina Zerkus Smith

    Cast Iron Skillet Care: Seasoning Cast Iron and Care for New and Old Cast Iron Cookware Plus Tasty Cast Iron Skillet Recipes

    Are you afraid of your cast iron skillet? Do you think seasoning cast iron is difficult, time consuming and messy? Do you avoid using your cast iron cookware because you think it's temperamental and hard to clean? Well, it's time for you to confront...
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  • The 50 Greatest Dishes of the World by Steen, James
    James Steen

    The 50 Greatest Dishes of the World

    A knowledgeable and charmingly-written compendium, 50 Dishes features China's banquet-pleasing Peking Duck, Thai green curry and the comforting coq au vin of France. There are servings of Italy's carbonara, the paella of Spain and, of course, Britain's fish and chips. And please save room...
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  • K Club Cookbook by Higgins, Finbarr
    Finbarr Higgins

    K Club Cookbook

    A high-quality cookbook celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ireland's world-renowned hotel and country club, The K Club.Author: Finbarr HigginsISBN-10: 1782051511ISBN-13: 9781782051510Publisher: Attic PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/28/2016Pages: 299Format: HardcoverWeight: 5.40lbsSize: 12.50h x 11.00w x 1.10d
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  • Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries by Farinetti, Oscar
    Oscar Farinetti

    Serendipity: A History of Accidental Culinary Discoveries

    Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti reveals the accidental, serendipitous discoveries that gave birth to some of the world's most well-known gastronomic delights.Did you know that your morning coffee could be thanks to a herd of energetic goats? Or that a forgotten ingredient is behind the...
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  • The Flavor of Wisconsin: An Informal History of Food and Eating in the Badger State by Hachten, Harva
    Harva Hachten

    The Flavor of Wisconsin: An Informal History of Food and Eating in the Badger State

    The Wisconsin Historical Society published Harva Hachten's The Flavor of Wisconsin in 1981. It immediately became an invaluable resource on Wisconsin foods and foodways. This updated and expanded edition explores the multitude of changes in the food culture since the 1980s. It will find...
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  • The Civilian Conservation Corps Cookbook by Bizzarri, Amy
    Amy Bizzarri

    The Civilian Conservation Corps Cookbook

    The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program that offered nearly 3 million unemployed, unmarried men the job of restoring and conserving America's public lands, forests and parks. The wages weren't the only draw--the program also threw in three square meals...
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  • Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food: Recipes and Stories from Mountain Kitchens by Pressley, Tipper
    Jim Casada

    Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food: Recipes & Stories from Mountain Kitchens

    High country cooking fit to grace any table. Southern Appalachia has a rich culinary tradition. Generations of passed down recipes offer glimpses into a culture that has long been defined, in considerable measure, by its food. Take a journey of pure delight through this...
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  • Cask Strength: The Story of the Barrel, the Secret Ingredient in Your Drink by Gerrard, Mike
    Mike Gerrard

    Cask Strength: The Story of the Barrel, the Secret Ingredient in Your Drink

    The story of the unsung hero of the world of spirits, wine, and beer and an invention as ancient and important as the wheel--the humble barrel. Without the barrel, we would have no bourbon, no oak-aged chardonnay, no barrel-aged stouts . . . and...
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  • Long Island Food: A History from Family Farms & Oysters to Craft Spirits by Barritt, T. W.
    T. W. Barritt

    Long Island Food: A History from Family Farms & Oysters to Craft Spirits

    Beyond its crowded highways, Long Island serves up a plentiful, eclectic bounty with a side of history. Enticing appetites from Nassau to Montauk, food writer and Long Island native T.W. Barritt explores how immigrant families built a still thriving agricultural community, producing everything from...
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  • Serendipity: From Truffles and Champagne to Corn Flakes and Coffee: Stories of Accidental Success by Farinetti, Oscar
    Oscar Farinetti

    Serendipity: From Truffles and Champagne to Corn Flakes and Coffee: Stories of Accidental Success

    Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti reveals the accidental, serendipitous discoveries that gave birth to some of the world's most well-known gastronomic delights.Did you know that your morning coffee could be thanks to a herd of energetic goats? Or that a forgotten ingredient is behind the...
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  • The Grammar of Spice Gift Wrap by Hildebrand, Caz
    Caz Hildebrand

    The Grammar of Spice Gift Wrap

    The illustrations featured in this gorgeous gift wrap set are all taken from award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand's The Grammar of Spice, a culinary resource that illuminates the role of spices in food and in our cultural identity. Inspired by the work of Owen Jones,...
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  • Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing by Gilbert, Sandra M.
    Sandra M. Gilbert

    Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

    Edited by influential literary critic Sandra M. Gilbert and award-winning restaurant critic and professor of English Roger Porter, Eating Words gathers food writing of literary distinction and vast historical sweep into one groundbreaking volume. Beginning with the taboos of the Old Testament and the...
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  • Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures by Lukacs, Paul
    Paul Lukacs

    Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures

    Because science and technology have opened new avenues for vintners, our taste in wine has grown ever more diverse. Wine is now the subject of careful chemistry and global demand. Paul Lukacs recounts the journey of wine through history--how wine acquired its social cachet,...
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  • A History of Cooks and Cooking by Symons, Michael
    Michael Symons

    A History of Cooks and Cooking

    Never has there been so little need to cook. Yet Michael Symons maintains that to be truly human we need to become better cooks: practical and generous sharers of food. Fueled by James Boswell's definition of humans as cooking animals (for "no beast can...
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  • Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen by Black, Rachel E.
    Rachel E. Black

    Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen

    Works of Distinction, LDEI M.F.K. Fisher Prize for Excellence in Culinary Media Content, 2022 A rare woman's-eye-view of working in the professional French kitchen Though women enter France's culinary professions at higher rates than ever, men still receive the lion's share of the major...
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  • Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films and Cultural Identity in the United States by Lindenfeld, Laura
    Laura Lindenfeld

    Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films and Cultural Identity in the United States

    Big Night (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Julie and Julia (2009) are more than films about food--they serve a political purpose. In the kitchen, around the table, and in the dining room, these films use cooking and eating to explore such themes as ideological pluralism,...
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  • Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America by Opie, Frederick
    Frederick Opie

    Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America

    Frederick Douglass Opie deconstructs and compares the foodways of people of African descent throughout the Americas, interprets the health legacies of black culinary traditions, and explains the concept of soul itself, revealing soul food to be an amalgamation of West and Central African social...
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  • Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table by Slater, Nigel
    Nigel Slater

    Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table

    Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater's multi-award-winning food memoir 'Toast', this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table.The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any...
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  • Heritage From The Kitchen: A Doucet Hennessy House Recipe Book by Doucet Hennessy House Association
    Doucet Hennessy House Association

    Heritage From The Kitchen: A Doucet Hennessy House Recipe Book

    Every family has its favourite recipes that are passed down from one generation to another. And so it is with the Doucets and Hennessys. The Association Maison Doucet Hennessy Association Inc., has compiled this recipe book as a fundraising project for 2012. Throughout the...
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  • Mme. Bégué's Recipes of Old New Orleans Creole Cookery by Begue, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Begue

    Mme. Bégué's Recipes of Old New Orleans Creole Cookery

    Discover the origins of "second breakfast" in New Orleans. Originally published in 1900 from the handwritten notes of Mme. B gu herself, this collection of dishes from a quintessential New Orleans restaurant are now available in a reprint of the 1937 edition.Author: Elizabeth Begue,...
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  • The Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy by Child, Lydia Maria
    Lydia Maria Child

    The Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy

    Published in Boston in 1829, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection by a well-known social reformer, prolific novelist, and journalist provided recipes and tips for homemakers of the early 19th century with an emphasis on self-reliance and frugality in the household. The...
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  • Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love by Sethi, Simran
    Simran Sethi

    Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love

    Award-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes, paying homage to the ingredients that give us daily pleasure, while providing a thoughtful wake-up call to the homogenization that is threatening the diversity of our food supply.Food is...
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  • The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Stewart, Amy
    Amy Stewart

    The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks: 10th Anniversary Edition

    The New York Times-bestselling guide to botany and booze celebrates its 10th anniversary with an updated edition--now including a guide to planting your very own cocktail garden to go with more than fifty drink recipes. This fascinating, go-to text about the plants that make...
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  • The Rainbow Nation Cookery Guide: Cook like a South African by Brook-Thomae, Pumla
    Pumla Brook-Thomae

    The Rainbow Nation Cookery Guide: Cook like a South African

    The Rainbow Nation Cookery Guide. A compiled collection of traditional South African recipes and stories as told by twelve chefs. Each chef representing their own ethnic cuisines including Zulu, Indian, Xhosa, Cape Malay, Afrikaans, San, Southern Sotho, English, Tsonga, Northern Sotho Pedi, Ndebele, and...
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  • In a Straits-Born Kitchen by Lee, Geok Boi
    Geok Boi Lee

    In a Straits-Born Kitchen

    A unique collection of iconic dishesfrom the Straits-born community, including Eurasians, Chetti Melakans, Indonesian Chinese, Malays and Indonesians that became family favorites through the generations While researching the Straits-born community for this cookbook, Lee Geok Boi realized that the culinary delights typically classified as...
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  • Cheese - Slices of Swiss Culture by Style, Sue
    Sue Style

    Cheese - Slices of Swiss Culture

    Join Sue Style, one of Europe's most respected food writers, on her quest throughout Switzerland to meet some of the country's prize-winning and talented artisan cheese makers, lovers of their craft and of the exciting flavours that can be conjured up from wholesome, mostly...
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  • Is There a Nutmeg in the House? by David, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth David

    Is There a Nutmeg in the House?

    This anthology of Elizabeth David's work, originally published in hardback in 2000, is a direct sequel to An Omelette and a Glass of Wine. It again contains a selection of her journalistic and occasional work from four decades. Much of it she had chosen...
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  • A Gastronomic Vade Mecum: A Christian Field Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Being Merry Now and Forever by Montgomery, John Warwick
    John Warwick Montgomery

    A Gastronomic Vade Mecum: A Christian Field Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Being Merry Now and Forever

    Vade-mecums are guide books you carry with you. They have been around forever and are common in Europe for all sorts of things. The Latin term literally means "go with me". Here, Dr. Montgomery invites you to go with him as he explores the...
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  • The Book of Tea by Okakura, Kakuzo
    Kakuzo Okakura

    The Book of Tea

    Originally published in 1906, The Book of Tea introduced American and other Western readers to Japanese culture and how tea is an essential component of it. However, the book has a broader message. Okakuro deftly makes comparisons between East and West, highlighting each strengths...
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  • Dicktales or Thankyous and Sluggings STREET EDITION by Bradsell, Dick
    Dick Bradsell

    Dicktales or "Thankyous and Sluggings" STREET EDITION

    THIS IS THE LONG-AWAITED BOOK written by Mr. Dick Bradsell. THE BLACK & WHITE STREET EDITION. AKA Soho Cocktail Legend, Father of the London Cocktail revival, The Bartenders' Bartender, Cocktail King, Creative Genius, are some of the titles attributed to him-though he would have...
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  • Dicktales or Thankyous and Sluggings by Bradsell, Dick
    Dick Bradsell

    Dicktales or "Thankyous and Sluggings"

    THIS IS THE LONG-AWAITED BOOK written by Mr. Dick Bradsell. AKA Soho Cocktail Legend, Father of the London Cocktail revival, The Bartenders' Bartender, Cocktail King, Creative Genius, are some of the titles attributed to him-though he would have introduced himself as Dick or perhaps...
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  • Dicktales or Thankyous and Sluggings by Bradsell, Dick
    Dick Bradsell

    Dicktales or "Thankyous and Sluggings"

    THIS IS THE LONG-AWAITED BOOK written by Mr. Dick Bradsell. AKA Soho Cocktail Legend, Father of the London Cocktail revival, The Bartenders' Bartender, Cocktail King, Creative Genius, are some of the titles attributed to him-though he would have introduced himself as Dick or perhaps...
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  • Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat by Levenstein, Harvey
    Harvey Levenstein

    Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat

    There may be no greater source of anxiety for Americans today than the question of what to eat and drink. Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart or bad for my liver? Will pesticides,...
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  • The Perfect Persimmon: History, Recipes, and More by Adams, Michelle Medlock
    Michelle Medlock Adams

    The Perfect Persimmon: History, Recipes, and More

    Whether served in a batch of cookies or in a soup bowl, the persimmon is a favorite fruit of Midwesterners. Called the "divine fruit" or the "fruit of the gods," persimmons range from the American common persimmon, perfect for every kind of dessert, to...
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  • How to Drink Like a Royal by Schmid, Albert W. a.
    Albert W. a. Schmid

    How to Drink Like a Royal

    "Royalty." A single word that invokes daydreams of champagne, lavish lifestyles, and extravagant parties. In How to Drink Like a Royal, Albert W. A. Schmid offers readers a taste of how the other half lives, with cocktail recipes inspired by some of the world's...
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  • Jews, Food, and Spain: The Oldest Medieval Spanish Cookbook and the Sephardic Culinary Heritage by Piñer, Hélène Jawhara
    H駘鈩e Jawhara Pir

    Jews, Food, and Spain: The Oldest Medieval Spanish Cookbook and the Sephardic Culinary Heritage

    In this intricate and absorbing study, H駘鈩e Jawhara Pir presents readers with the dishes, ingredients, techniques, and aesthetic principles that make up a sophisticated and attractive cuisine, one that has had a mostly unremarked influence on modern Spanish and Portuguese recipes.Author: H駘鈩e Jawhara PirISBN-10:...
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  • Food in Russian History and Culture by Glants, Musya
    Musya Glants

    Food in Russian History and Culture

    ". . . the specificity and breadth of this [work] makes it unique. . . . lively reading . . . particularly recommended for academic collections with a strong focus in Russian history." --Library Journal". . . a remarkable new collection of essays ....
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  • Coast to Coast Cookery: The Best Classic Recipes Across America by Tracy, Marian
    Marian Tracy

    Coast to Coast Cookery: The Best Classic Recipes Across America

    More than just typical burger-joint fare or sloppy, grease-soaked pizzas, American recipes are as varied and full of personality as our citizens. In Coast to Coast Cookery, editor Marian Tracy showcases a diverse collection of regional American recipes. From Indiana Steamed Persimmon Pudding to...
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