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  • A Revolution in Eating

    How the Quest for Food Shaped America

    by James E. McWilliams ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table Perspectives on Culinary History
    A colorful, spirited tour of culinary attitudes, tastes, and techniques throughout colonial America.Confronted by unfamiliar animals, plants, and landscapes, settlers in the colonies and West Indies found new ways to produce food. Integrating their British and European tastes with the demands and bounty of the rugged American environment, early Americans developed a range of regional cuisines. ... Read more

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  • Just Food

    Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly

    by James E. McWilliams ...
    We suffer today from food anxiety, bombarded as we are with confusing messages about how to eat an ethical diet. Should we eat locally? Is organic really better for the environment? Can genetically modified foods be good for you?Just Food does for fresh food what Fast Food Nation did for fast food, challenging conventional views, and cutting through layers of myth and misinformation. For instance, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Coffee

    The Epic of a Commodity

    by H.E. Jacob ...
    A cup of coffee is a miracle, a wonderful assemblage of relationships”. This classic follows coffee's journey around the world, from London to Brazil, telling in fascinating detail and amusing anecdote the singular history of the legendary commodity, from its discovery that chewing on the beans were keeping goats awake in Yemen to the author’s own experiences with the bean in 1935.Referred to as a ... Read more

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  • Pandora's Lunchbox

    How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal

    by Melanie Warner ...
    In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma comes an “indispensable,” (New York Newsday) fascinating, and cutting-edge look from the author of The Magic Feather Effect at the scary truth about what really goes into our food.If a piece of individually wrapped cheese can retain its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed to our ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • An Economist Gets Lunch

    New Rules for Everyday Foodies

    by Tyler Cowen ...
    A leading economist, “who may very well turn out to be this decade’s Thomas Friedman” (Wall Street Journal), illuminates the state of American food todayTyler Cowen, one of the most influential economists of the last decade, wants you to know that just about everything you’ve heard about how to get good food is wrong. Drawing on a provocative range of examples from around the globe, Cowen reveals ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Mini Homestyle Indonesian Cooking

    by Hayatinufus A. L. Tobing, William W. Wongso ...
    Series series Periplus Mini Cookbook Series
    Enjoy home-cooked dishes from all over the Indonesian archipelago with this collection of over 40 classics from Sumatra, Java, Madura, Bali and Sulawesi. Indonesian cuisine is known for being diverse; over 300 ethnic groups call this tropical paradise home.” Homestyle Indonesian Cooking contains everything you need to know to create some of Indonesia’s tastiest appetizers, snacks, salads, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • From the Sands of Dorne: A Feast of Ice & Fire Companion Cookbook

    by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel ...
    Prepare your palette for more than a dozen all-new recipes in this eBook-exclusive companion to the official Game of Thrones cookbook! Discover the tastes of Dorne, including one dish from The Winds of Winter, the highly anticipated next chapter of George R. R. Martin’s beloved series, A Song of Ice and Fire.The most culturally distinct region of the Seven Kingdoms, Dorne is the sun-soaked desert ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • American Cake

    From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes

    by Anne Byrn ...
    Taste your way through America with more than 125 recipes for our favorite historical cakes and frostings.Cakes in America aren't just about sugar, flour, and frosting. They have a deep, rich history that developed as our country grew. Cakes, more so than other desserts, are synonymous with celebration and coming together for happy times. They're an icon of American culture, reflecting heritage, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • El estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación 2013: Sistemas alimentarios para una major nutricion

    by Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la A ...
    La malnutrición en todas sus formas —la desnutrición, las carencias de micronutrientes y el sobrepeso y la obesidad— impone costos económicos y sociales inaceptablemente altos a los países de todos los niveles de ingresos. En el informe sobre El estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación 2013: Sistemas alimentarios para una mejor nutrición se sostiene que para mejorar la nutrición y ... Read more

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  • Homesteading Made Easy (Boxed Set): Self-Sufficiency Guide for Preppers, Homesteading Enthusiasts and Survivalists

    Self-Sufficiency Guide for Preppers, Homesteading Enthusiasts and Survivalists

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    Series series Survivalists
    With technology, the number of self-sufficient people all over the world has declined. The purpose, then, of this three-book collection is to provide enough information to encourage self-paced training on homesteading particularly gardening, canning and planning for the rough times ahead. Train yourself to be self-sufficient. Start by reading these books today. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Eating Words

    A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

    Edited by Sandra M. Gilbert, Roger J. Porter ...
    “Food writing spans centuries and philosophies. . . . At long last there’s a Norton Anthology with all the most important works.”—EaterEdited 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 ... Read more

    $16.49 USD

  • The Food of a Younger Land

    The Middle West Eats Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota

    by Mark Kurlansky ...
    **Recommended by Chef José Andrés on The Drew Barrymore Show!A portrait of American food--before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional--from the lost WPA files**From the New York Times bestselling author who "powerfully demonstrates the defining role food plays in history and culture" (Atlanta ... Read more

    $14.99 USD