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3 Books About the History of Vegetables
They Eat That? A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weirds and Exotic Food from around the World
by Jonathan Deutsch, Editor and Natalya Murakhver, Contributing Editor From the publisher: The title They Eat That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from around the World says […]
Who Put the Devil in Deviled Eggs? A Food Lover’s Guide to America’s Favorite Dishes
by Ann Treistman From the publisher: Who pitted the first cherries and nestled them into pie crust? Was a meatloaf sandwich the result of a late-night refrigerator run? Does anyone […]
Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads
by Sylvia Lovegren From the publisher: Though the Roaring Twenties call to mind images of flappers dancing the Charleston and gangsters dispensing moonshine in back rooms, Sylvia Lovegren here playfully […]
Culinary Ephemera: An Illustrated History
by William Weaver From the publisher: This extraordinary collection, a trove of enchanting designs, appealing colors, and forgotten motifs that stir the imagination, features an unprecedented assortment of ephemera, or […]
Talking Turkey: A Food Lover’s Guide to the Origins of Culinary Words and Phrases
by Robert Hendrickson From the publisher: Food is a favorite topic of conversation around the worldhow to create it, how to season it, how to compliment it with other foods, how […]
What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame
By Matthew Jacob and Mark Jacob From the publisher: In What the Great Ate, Matthew and Mark Jacob have cooked up a bountiful sampling of the peculiar culinary likes, dislikes, […]
Food Fight! A Mouthwatering History of WHO Ate WHAT and WHY Through the Ages
by Tanya Steel From the publisher: Grab your knife and fork and get ready to dig in to human history through the lens of food and the struggle to acquire it […]
Food Fights and Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste
by Tom Nealon From the publisher: Revolution! Conflict! Gluttony! The gloriously illustrated history of food, including mythical origin stories, unusual recipes and more! In this eclectic book of food history, Tom Nealon […]