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  • Still

    American Silent Motion Picture Photography

    by David S. Shields ...
    The success of movies like The Artist and Hugo recreated the wonder and magic of silent film for modern audiences, many of whom might never have experienced a movie without sound. But while the American silent movie was one of the most significant popular art forms of the modern age, it is also one that is largely lost to us, as more than eighty percent of silent films have disappeared, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taste the State Georgia

    Distinctive Foods and Stories from Where Eating Local Began

    by Kevin Mitchell, David S. Shields ...
    2025 Gourmand International Cookbook Award FinalistIngredient by ingredient, dish by dish, take a tantalizing tour of Georgia's signature foods"Taste the State Georgia and the regional foods within it can be a source of pride for people and communities.... This book will prepare you for your next Georgian culinary adventure and give you a bit of history on why southerners eat what they eat." ... Read more

    $27.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taste the State

    South Carolina's Signature Foods, Recipes, and Their Stories

    by Kevin Mitchell, David S. Shields ...
    Bitter Southerner 2022 Summer Reading pick • Garden & Gun 2021 Best Southern Cookbooks pick • Forbes 2021 Best New Cookbooks For Travelers • 2021 Gourmand International Cookbook Award FinalistA vivid cultural history of South Carolina's most distinctive ingredients and signature dishesFrom the influence of 1920 fashion on asparagu... ... Read more

    $26.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Culinarians

    Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining

    by David S. Shields ...
    "[A] first ever history of the nation's foundational 'culinarians'—the chefs, caterers, and restauranteurs who made cooking an art." —Marcie Cohen Ferris, author of The Edible SouthIn this encyclopedic history of the rise of professional cooking in America, the 175 biographies include the legendary Julien, founder in 1793 of America's first restaurant, Boston's Restorator; and Louis Diat and Oscar ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Southern Provisions

    The Creation & Revival of a Cuisine

    by David S. Shields ...
    A look into the agricultural and culinary history of the American South and the challenges of its reclaiming farming and cooking traditions.Southern food is America's quintessential cuisine. From creamy grits to simmering pots of beans and greens, we think we know how these classic foods should taste. Yet the southern food we eat today tastes almost nothing like the dishes our ancestors enjoyed, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oracles of Empire

    Poetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690–1750

    by David S. Shields ...
    This innovative look at previously neglected poetry in British America represents a major contribution to our understanding of early American culture. Spanning the period from the Glorious Revolution (1690) to the end of King George's War (1750), this study critically reconstitutes the literature of empire in the thirteen colonies, Canada, and the West Indies by investigating over 300 texts in ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ark of Taste

    Delicious and Distinctive Foods That Define the United States

    by David S Shields, Giselle Kennedy Lord ...
    James Beard Award and IACP Cookbook Award finalist • Explore and enjoy the heritage foods that give the United States its culinary identity, from heirloom tomatoes to Tupelo honey, in this illustrated volume for curious eaters, gardeners and home cooks.The Ark of Taste is a living catalog of our nation's food heritage preserving treasures passed down for generations—some rare, some endangered, all ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America

    by David S. Shields ...
    Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
    In cities from Boston to Charleston, elite men and women of eighteenth-century British America came together in private venues to script a polite culture. By examining their various 'texts'--conversations, letters, newspapers, and privately circulated manuscripts--David Shields reconstructs the discourse of civility that flourished in and further shaped elite society in British America. ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Pioneering American Wine

    Writings of Nicholas Herbemont, Master Viticulturist

    by Nicholas Herbemont ...
    Series series The Publications of the Southern Texts Society
    This volume collects the most important writings on viticulture by Nicholas Herbemont (1771-1839), who is widely considered the finest practicing winemaker of the early United States. Included are his two major treatises on viticulture, thirty-one other published pieces on vine growing and wine making, and essays that outline his agrarian philosophy. Over the course of his career, Herbemont ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Larder

    Food Studies Methods from the American South

    by Andrew Warnes, Angela Jill Cooley, Beth Latshaw, Carolyn de la Peña, David S. Shields, Jessica B. Harris, Justin A. Nystrom, Katie Rawson, Marcie Ferris, Psyche Williams-Forson, Rayna Green, Rebecca Sharpless, Rien Fertel, Tom Hanchett, Wiley C. Prewitt Jr. ...
    Series series
    The sixteen essays in The Larder argue that the study of food does not simply help us understand more about what we eat and the foodways we embrace. The methods and strategies herein help scholars use food and foodways as lenses to examine human experience. The resulting conversations provoke a deeper understanding of our overlapping, historically situated, and evolving cultures and societies.The ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Ark of Taste

    Delicious and Distinctive Foods That Define the United States

    by David S Shields, Giselle Kennedy Lord ...
    Narrated by Melissa Miranda ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 39 min

    Explore the heritage foods that give the United States its culinary identity, in this visual encyclopedia for curious eaters and gardeners.The Ark of Taste is a living catalog of our nation's food heritage preserving treasures passed down for generations—some rare, some endangered, all delicious.Created by Slow Food USA, the Ark shines light on history, identity, and taste through these unique ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes

    by Ronni Lundy ...
    Winner of the James Beard Foundation Book of the Year Award and Best Book, American Cooking, Victuals is an exploration of the foodways, people, and places of Appalachia.Written by Ronni Lundy, regarded as the most engaging authority on the region, Victuals guides us through the surprisingly diverse history--and vibrant present--of food in the Mountain South. Victuals explores the diverse and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD