by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe From the publisher: This delightful tale of one of the world’s favorite foods draws on botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a […]
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Tomato: A Global History
by Clarissa Hyman From the publisher: In the history of food, the tomato is a relative newcomer outside its ancestral home in Mesoamerica. And yet, as we devour pizza by […]
To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South
by Angela Jill Cooley From the publisher: This book explores the changing food culture of the urban American South during the Jim Crow era by examining how race, ethnicity, class, […]
To Feast on Us as Their Prey: Cannibalism and the Early Modern Atlantic
edited by Rachel B. Herrmann From the publisher: Long before the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia, colony and its Starving Time of 1609–1610—one of the most famous cannibalism narratives in North […]
Ten Restaurants that Changed America
by Paul Freedman From the publisher: Combining an historian’s rigor with a food enthusiast’s palate, Paul Freedman’s seminal and highly entertaining Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history […]
Tasting French Terroir: The History of an Idea
by Thomas Parker From the publisher: This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink […]
Taste of Power: Food and American Identities
by Katharina Vester From the publisher: Since the founding of the United States, culinary texts and practices have played a crucial role in the making of cultural identities and social […]
Taste of Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World
by Lizzie Collingham From the publisher: In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire’s quest for food shaped the modern world. […]
Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America
by Gustavo Arellano From the publisher: Nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author of ¡Ask a Mexican! Gustavo Arellano presents an entertaining, tasty trip through the history and culture of Mexican […]
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
by Sidney W. Mintz From the publisher: In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of […]