by Mark Pendergrast From publisher: From its invention as a cocaine-laced patent medicine in the Gilded Age to its globe-drenching ubiquity as the ultimate symbol of consumer capitalism in the twenty-first […]
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Food In Global History
edited by Raymond Grew From the publisher: Social scientists have studied foods in many different ways. Historians have most often studied the history of specific foods, and anthropologists have emphasized the […]
Fannie’s Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer’s 1896 Cookbook
by Chris Kimball From the publisher: In the mid-1990s, Chris Kimball moved into an 1859 Victorian townhouse on the South End of Boston and, as he became accustomed to the quirks […]
Great Italian American Food in New England: History, Traditions & Memories
by John F. Carafoli From the publisher: Explore the Italian enclaves in New England and the evolution of Italian-American cuisine through profiles of the people, places, and communities and interviews with local […]
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto From the publisher: In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary history — a window on the […]
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
by Bill Laws From the publisher: Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Entries […]
Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
by Bill Price From the publisher: A beautifully presented guide to the foods that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Though many of the foods in this book are […]
First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of “American Cookery”
by Amelia Simmons From the publisher: This facsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States is not only a first in cookbook literature, but a historic document. It reveals […]
Story of Food: An Illustrated History of Everything We Eat
From the publisher: The stories and history behind the individual foods we eat–from salt to sushi and rice to salami–beginning with the early efforts of humans in their quest for sustenance […]
Great Famine: The History of the Irish Potato Famine during the Mid-19th Century
by Charles River Editors From the publisher: Anyone who has ever heard of “the luck of the Irish” knows that it is not something to wish on someone, for few people […]