by Mia Partlow & Michael Hoerger and Nate Powell From the publisher: Illustrated throughout by New York Times bestselling author Nate Powell, these documents offer a filter into the deep depths of classified […]
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Carrot Purple and Other Curious Stories of the Food We Eat
by Joel S. Denker From the publisher: How many otherwise well-educated readers know that the familiar orange carrot was once a novelty? It is a little more than 400 years old. […]
Curious History of Vegetables: Aphrodisiacal and Healing Properties, Folk Tales, Garden Tips, and Recipes
by Wolf D. Storl From the publisher: Featuring gardening tips, recipes, and beautiful full-color pencil drawings of each vegetable, this book for farm-to-fork aficionados and gardeners with an esoteric bent […]
Curious History of Food and Drink
by Ian Crofton From the publisher: Ever wondered where noodles came from? How Worcester Sauce was invented? Or even who the ‘Cucumber King of Burma’ was? Beginning with the hippo soup […]
Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World
by Peter Chapman From the publisher: A sharp and lively account of the rise and fall of the United Fruit Company, arguably the most controversial global corporation ever—from the jungles of […]
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
by Aaron Bobrow-Strain From the publisher: How did white bread, once an icon of American progress, become “white trash“? In this lively history of bakers, dietary crusaders, and social reformers, Aaron […]
Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal
by Abigail Carroll From the publisher: We are what we eat, as the saying goes—but we are also how we eat, and when, and where. Our eating habits reveal as much […]
Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances
by Laura Schenone From the publisher: A stunningly illustrated book that celebrates the power of food throughout American history and in women’s lives. Filled with classic recipes and inspirational stories, A Thousand Years Over […]
Taste for War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray
by William C. Davis From the publisher: For soldiers in all wars, mealtime is a focal point of the day. Armies do indeed “march on their stomachs,” as Napoleon said. Soldiers […]
Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima
by Maurice M. Manring From the publisher: The figure of the mammy occupies a central place in the lore of the Old South and has long been used to ullustrate distinct […]