by Gregory McNamee From the publisher: In this entertaining history, Gregory McNamee explores the many ethnic and cultural traditions that have contributed to the food of the Southwest. He traces […]
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Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and the Past
by Sidney W. Mintz From the publisher: Addressing issues ranging from the global phenomenon of Coca-Cola to the diets of American slaves, Sidney Mintz shows how our choices about food […]
Food Axis: Cooking, Eating, and the Architecture of American Homes
by Elizabeth Collins Cromley From the publisher: Blending architectural and social history with the necessity—and the passion—for food, this engaging new book attempts to understand the development of the American […]
Duncan Hines: How a Traveling Salesman Became the Most Trusted Name in Food
by Louis Hatchett From the publisher: Duncan Hines (1880–1959) may be best known for the cake mixes, baked goods, and bread products that bear his name, but most people forget […]
Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World’s Great Drinks
by Amy Stewart From the publisher: Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken […]
Dining with Proust: A Practical Guide to French Cuisine of the Belle Epoque
by Shirley King From the publisher: Marcel Proust’s literary masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu overflows with brilliant, minutely described accounts of food and drink drawn from the author’s vivid […]
Devil’s Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee
by Stewart Lee Allen From the publisher: In this captivating book, Stewart Lee Allen treks three-quarters of the way around the world on a caffeinated quest to answer these profound […]
Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining
by David S. Shields From the publisher: He presided over Virginia’s great political barbeques for the last half of the nineteenth century, taught the young Prince of Wales to crave mint […]
Citrus: A History
by Pierre Laszlo From the publisher: Walk into your local grocery store and down the produce aisle, and you’ll find a dazzling array of citrus, from navel oranges and clementines […]
Christmas Food and Feasting: A History
by Madeline Shanahan From the publisher: From its pre-Christian origins to the present, food has always been central to Christmas; a feast at which tradition, nostalgia, innovation, symbolism, and indulgence […]