by Andrew and Rachel Dalby From the publisher: What do we think about when we think about Greek food? For many, it is the meze and the traditional plates of […]
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Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African American Life
by Jennifer Jensen Wallach From the publisher: Beginning with an examination of West African food traditions during the era of the transatlantic slave trade and ending with a discussion of […]
Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterrranean Plants and Foods Changed America
by William W. Dunmire From the publisher: When the Spanish began colonizing the Americas in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, they brought with them the plants and foods of […]
Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat
by Robert N. Spengler III From the publisher: The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that […]
From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express: A History of Chinese Food in the United States
by Haiming Liu From the publisher: From Canton Restaurant to Panda Express takes readers on a compelling journey from the California Gold Rush to the present, letting readers witness both […]
From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies: Critical Perspectives on Women and Food
edited by Arlene Voski Avakian and Barbara Haber From the publisher: In recent years, scholars from a variety of disciplines have turned their attention to food to gain a better understanding […]
Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
by Jennifer B. Lee From the publisher: If you think McDonald’s is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, […]
Foods Jesus Ate and How to Grow Them
by Allan A. Swenson From the publisher: Nationally recognized author and gardener Allan A. Swenson combines his green thumb secrets with his extensive research on Scripture and the Holy Land […]
Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking
by Joseph Dabney From the publisher: The perfect gift for Southerners, history lovers, and foodies alike. Discover the secrets of one of the most mysterious, romantic regions in the South: […]
Food of China
by E. N. Anderson From the publisher: To feed a quarter of the world’s population on only seven percent of the world’s cultivated land and at the same time to […]