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Italian Cuisine

A Cultural History

by Alberto Capatti, Massimo Montanari ...

Translated by Aine O'Healy ...

Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Italy, the country with a hundred cities and a thousand bell towers, is also the country with a hundred cuisines and a thousand recipes. Its great variety of culinary practices reflects a history long dominated by regionalism and political division, and has led to the common conception of Italian food as a mosaic of regional customs rather than a single tradition. Nonetheless, this magnificent new ... Read more

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Italy, the country with a hundred cities and a thousand bell towers, is also the country with a hundred cuisines and a thousand recipes. Its great variety of culinary practices reflects a history long dominated by regionalism and political division, and has led to the common conception of Italian food as a mosaic of regional customs rather than a single tradition. Nonetheless, this magnificent new
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The French Chef in America

Julia Child's Second Act

by Alex Prud'homme ...

*This enchanting follow-up to My Life in France—*the beloved bestselling memoir—chronicles Julia Child’s rise from home cook to the first celebrity chef.“Inspiring and engaging . . . It’s impossible not to love Julia Child.” —The Wall Street Journal**“Delightful. . . . Family photos of the personality-driven star add an intimate quality.”—Tasting TableThe storyof a remarkable woman who found her ... Read more

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*This enchanting follow-up to My Life in France—*the beloved bestselling memoir—chronicles Julia Child’s rise from home cook to the first celebrity chef.“Inspiring and engaging . . . It’s impossible not to love Julia Child.” —The Wall Street Journal**“Delightful. . . . Family photos of the personality-driven star add an intimate quality.”—Tasting TableThe storyof a remarkable woman who found her
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Spice

The History of a Temptation

by Jack Turner ...

In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era—from ancient times through the Renaissance—when what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood.Spices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night aphrodisiacs. Indispensible for cooking, medicine, worship, and the arts of love, they were thought to have ... Read more

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In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era—from ancient times through the Renaissance—when what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood.Spices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night aphrodisiacs. Indispensible for cooking, medicine, worship, and the arts of love, they were thought to have
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The Audacity of Hops

The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution

by Tom Acitelli ...

Charting the birth and growth of craft beer across the United States, Tom Acitelli offers an epic, story-driven account of one of the most inspiring and surprising American grassroots movements. In 1975, there was a single craft brewery in the United States; today there are more than 2,500. This entertaining and informative history brims with charming, remarkable stories, which together weave a ... Read more

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Charting the birth and growth of craft beer across the United States, Tom Acitelli offers an epic, story-driven account of one of the most inspiring and surprising American grassroots movements. In 1975, there was a single craft brewery in the United States; today there are more than 2,500. This entertaining and informative history brims with charming, remarkable stories, which together weave a
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Mini Nonya Favourites

by Lee Geok Boi ...

Series series Periplus Mini Cookbook Series
The original Asian fusion, Nonya cuisine developed from the 15th 17th century Chinese who settled in the Indonesian archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore. Nonya cooking is the result of blending Chinese ingredients with local Malay spices. Nonya Favorites contains everything you need to create 100 easy and authentic Nonya recipes for condiments, noodles, soups, breads, fish, shellfish, ... Read more

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The original Asian fusion, Nonya cuisine developed from the 15th 17th century Chinese who settled in the Indonesian archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore. Nonya cooking is the result of blending Chinese ingredients with local Malay spices. Nonya Favorites contains everything you need to create 100 easy and authentic Nonya recipes for condiments, noodles, soups, breads, fish, shellfish,
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The World on a Plate

40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes, and the Stories Behind Them

by Mina Holland ...

Eat your way around the world without leaving your home in this mouthwatering cultural history of 100 classic dishes.**Best Culinary Travel Book (U.K.), Gourmand World Cookbook AwardsFinalist for the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award**“When we eat, we travel.” So begins this irresistible tour of the cuisines of the world, revealing what people eat and why in forty cultures. What’s the origin of ... Read more

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Eat your way around the world without leaving your home in this mouthwatering cultural history of 100 classic dishes.**Best Culinary Travel Book (U.K.), Gourmand World Cookbook AwardsFinalist for the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award**“When we eat, we travel.” So begins this irresistible tour of the cuisines of the world, revealing what people eat and why in forty cultures. What’s the origin of
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Classic Candy

America’s Favorite Sweets, 1950–80

by Darlene Lacey ...

Series Book 745 - Shire Library USA
A beautifully illustrated pocket history of American candy in its heyday.Whether classics like Hershey's, Mars and M&Ms or trend-setters like PEZ and Atomic Fireballs, candy has a special place in the hearts and memories of most Americans, who to this day consume more than 600 billion pounds of it each year.In this colorful illustrated guide, Darlene Lacey looks at candy in America from a variety ... Read more

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A beautifully illustrated pocket history of American candy in its heyday.Whether classics like Hershey's, Mars and M&Ms or trend-setters like PEZ and Atomic Fireballs, candy has a special place in the hearts and memories of most Americans, who to this day consume more than 600 billion pounds of it each year.In this colorful illustrated guide, Darlene Lacey looks at candy in America from a variety
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Retro Recipes from the '50s and '60s

103 Vintage Appetizers, Dinners, and Drinks Everyone Will Love

by Addie Gundry ...

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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

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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
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What Caesar Did for My Salad

The Curious Stories Behind Our Favorite Foods

by Albert Jack ...

Did you know...the term "hot dog" is believed to have been coined during a baseball game between the Yankees and the Giants in 1901?calzones get their name from their less-than-glamorous looks: calzone means "trouser leg" or "drooping sack" in Italian?the word "salary" comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt?shrimp cocktail became popular in the 1920s as a safe way of "havi... ... Read more

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Did you know...the term "hot dog" is believed to have been coined during a baseball game between the Yankees and the Giants in 1901?calzones get their name from their less-than-glamorous looks: calzone means "trouser leg" or "drooping sack" in Italian?the word "salary" comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt?shrimp cocktail became popular in the 1920s as a safe way of "havi...
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Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cookbook

101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother's Kitchen

by Katie Chin ...

"Katie Chin has done us all a huge favor: she's provided us with recipes for so many of the Chinese dishes we always wanted to cook but have never had clear and easy instructions to prepare…Thank you, Katie Chin!" —Martha StewartHome chefs will enjoy preparing these Chinese home cooking-inspired dishes with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook.Author Katie Chin's love of cooking blossomed at an ... Read more

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"Katie Chin has done us all a huge favor: she's provided us with recipes for so many of the Chinese dishes we always wanted to cook but have never had clear and easy instructions to prepare…Thank you, Katie Chin!" —Martha StewartHome chefs will enjoy preparing these Chinese home cooking-inspired dishes with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook.Author Katie Chin's love of cooking blossomed at an
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Frontline Cookbook

Battlefield Recipes from the Second World War

by Royal Logistic Corps Museum ...

An army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too – yet have you ever wondered how hundreds of men on the frontline are fed amidst hails of bullets and how kitchens are created in the desert or in the trench lines? In 1941 the army officially created the Army Catering Corps and opened the Army School of Cookery in Aldershot (to be followed by other schools all over the world, ... Read more

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An army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too – yet have you ever wondered how hundreds of men on the frontline are fed amidst hails of bullets and how kitchens are created in the desert or in the trench lines? In 1941 the army officially created the Army Catering Corps and opened the Army School of Cookery in Aldershot (to be followed by other schools all over the world,
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The Secret Life of Beer!

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by Alan D. Eames ...

Beer has inspired, influenced, and excited human beings for thousands of years and Alan D. Eames, the certified “king of beer,” has traveled the world uncovering The Secret Life of Beer. In this book, he reveals untold stories, lore, and references to beer in poetry, song, literature, and history. Readers will be astonished to learn the esoteric facts Eames has discovered, such as that in most ... Read more

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Beer has inspired, influenced, and excited human beings for thousands of years and Alan D. Eames, the certified “king of beer,” has traveled the world uncovering The Secret Life of Beer. In this book, he reveals untold stories, lore, and references to beer in poetry, song, literature, and history. Readers will be astonished to learn the esoteric facts Eames has discovered, such as that in most
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