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  • Pasta

    The Story of a Universal Food

    by Silvano Serventi, Françoise Sabban ...
    Translated by Antony Shugaar ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    Ranging from the imperial palaces of ancient China and the bakeries of fourteenth-century Genoa and Naples all the way to the restaurant kitchens of today, Pasta tells a story that will forever change the way you look at your next plate of vermicelli. Pasta has become a ubiquitous food, present in regional diets around the world and available in a host of shapes, sizes, textures, and tastes. Yet, ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

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  • A Thyme and Place

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  • Everything in Its Place

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  • Aromas of Aleppo

    The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews

    by Poopa Dweck ...
    When the Aleppian Jewish community migrated from the ancient city of Aleppo in historic Syria and settled in New York and Latin American cities in the early 20th century, it brought its rich cuisine and vibrant culture. Most Syrian recipes and traditions, however, were not written down and existed only in the minds of older generations. Poopa Dweck, a first generation Syrian–Jewish American, has ... Read more

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  • Bread

    A Global History

    by William Rubel ...
    Series Book 22 - Edible
    What food is more basic, more essential and more universal than bread? Common to the diets of both rich and poor, bread is one of our oldest foods. Loaves and rolls have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs, and excavated from ovens in Pompeii that were buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. From the sixteenth-century English peasants' bread made with pea flour and rye, to the grain-wasting, pure ... Read more

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  • Bitter

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  • The Cook Not Mad

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    Series series American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection
    Published in 1830 in North America, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection stresses American cooking over European cuisine.Within a year of its publication in the United States, The Cook Not Mad was also published in Canada and thus became Canada's first printed cookbook. In contrast to some of the larger encyclopedic cookbook collections of the day, The Cook Not Mad provides ... Read more

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