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  • Cato on Farming

    De Agriculture

    by Marcus Cato ...
    Translated by Andrew Dalby ...
    The first recipes to have survived in Latin, from the 2nd century BC, it is a particularly important resource. Cato wrote the earliest surviving complete work of Latin prose literature. It was this treatise: a book of instruction about the cultivation of vines, olives and fruit, the management of slaves and contract labour, the rituals consequent on ownership and even cookery for humans and the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era

    Edited by Andrew Dalby, Annette Giesecke ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era covers the period from 1400 to 1650, a time of discovery and rediscovery, of experiment and innovation. Renaissance learning brought ancient knowledge to modern European consciousness whilst exploration placed all the continents in contact with one another. The dissemination of knowledge was further speeded by the spread of printing. New staples ... Read more

    $81.79 USD

  • Gifts of the Gods

    A History of Food in Greece

    by Andrew Dalby, Rachel Dalby ...
    Series series Foods and Nations
    What do we think about when we think of Greek food? For many, it is the meze and traditional plates of a typical Greek island taverna from summer holidays or from Greek restaurants at home. This book takes us into and beyond the taverna to offer us a unique, comprehensive history of the foods of Greece.Andrew and Rachel Dalby discuss how the land was first settled, what was grown, and how certain ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Eleftherios Venizelos

    Greece

    by Andrew Dalby ...
    Series series Makers of the Modern World
    The Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) was one of the stars of the Paris Peace Conference, impressing many of the Western delegates, already possessed of a romantic view of 'the grandeur that was Greece', with his charm and oratorical style. He won support for his country's territorial ambitions in Asia Minor, the 'Great Idea' of a revived Hellenic empire controlling the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Prince Charoon et al

    South East Asia

    by Andrew Dalby ...
    Series series Makers of the Modern World
    Southeast Asia needs to be dealt with as a whole, because, although the one national delegation from the region (Siam) took a minor part, nationalist movements in several Southeast Asian countries reached an early climax - significant though inconclusive - in the years 1919-1920. The planned Peace Conference, Wilson's Fourteen Points, and the victory of Communism in Russia, all contributed to this ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Breakfast Book

    by Andrew Dalby ...
    The most important meal of the day is also one of the most diverse. Breakfast varies greatly from family to family and region to region, even while individuals tend to eat the same thing every day. While Americans traditionally like to start the day with eggs, cereal and doughnuts, the Japanese eat rice and miso soup, and the Yoruba enjoy maize porridge and beans. But while we know that you drink ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Cheese

    A Global History

    by Andrew Dalby ...
    Series Book 7 - Edible
    Cheese is one of the most ancient of civilized foods and one of the most nourishing. Despite its many uses and variations, there has never been a global history of cheese, but here at last is a succinct, authoritative account, revealing how cheese was invented and where, when and even why.In bite-sized chapters well-known food historian Andrew Dalby tells the true and savoury story of cheese, from ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • 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 USD

  • Cake

    A Slice of History

    by Alysa Levene ...
    Cake can evoke thoughts of home, comfort someone at a time of grief or celebrate a birth or new love. It is a maker of memories, a marker of identities, and delicious!It was the year 878 A.D., and a man claimed sanctuary in a small village home in Wessex. To the surprise of the villager, the man was not a passing vagabond but Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons. The village homemaker was happy to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 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

    $7.99 USD

  • Food and Feast in the World of the Blue Bells Chronicles: a Gastronomic Historic Poetic Musical Romp in Thyme

    by Laura Vosika ...
    Warning: This is Not a Cookbook!Food and Feast does, however, contain over two hundred recipes–medieval recipes in their original medieval form, medieval recipes in modern terms, traditional Scottish recipes, modern midwest American, recipes for eating in the wilderness, and even exotic and slightly dangerous recipes, drawn from scenes in the acclaimed Blue Bells Chronicles.In an eclectic mix, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $14.99 USD

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