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  • The Roman Cookery Book: A Critical Translation of the Art of Cooking, for Use in the Study and the Kitchen by Apicius
    Apicius

    The Roman Cookery Book: A Critical Translation of the Art of Cooking, for Use in the Study and the Kitchen

    2012 Reprint of 1958 New York Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is an English translation of the oldest known cookbook in existence. The book was originally written for professional cooks working in Ancient Rome, and...
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  • Bourbon: A Savor the South Cookbook by Purvis, Kathleen
    Kathleen Purvis

    Bourbon: A Savor the South Cookbook

    Did you know that bourbon must be made in America and aged for at least two years in new American oak barrels that are charred on the inside? In this spirited little cookbook, Kathleen Purvis explores the history, mythology, and culinary star power of...
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  • Dining by Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine by Porterfield, James D.
    James D. Porterfield

    Dining by Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine

    Dining by Rail is James D. Porterfield's book of history and recipes from America's golden age of railroad cuisine. Porterfield is a devotee of railroad history and a gourmet cook, and while preparing this book he sorted through 7,500 railroad recipes. Full of authentic...
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  • The Redpath Canadian Bake Book: Over 200 Delectable Recipes for Cakes, Breads, Desserts and More by Redpath Sugar Ltd
    Redpath Sugar Ltd

    The Redpath Canadian Bake Book: Over 200 Delectable Recipes for Cakes, Breads, Desserts and More

    From one of Canada's oldest and most recognized food brands, Redpath Sugar (committed to producing quality products for Canadians since 1854), comes a baking bible filled with over 200 recipes perfect for every home baker and any occasion. Redpath Sugar has been a staple...
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  • In the Vine Country by Somerville, Edith
    Edith Somerville

    In the Vine Country

    Beautiful new highly collectible paperback series, with strong design, publishing the best of classic wine texts New foreword from Victoria Moore, of the Sunday Telegraph, for whom this is a favorite book Wonderful wine and social history of winemaking in Bordeaux at the end...
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  • The Fireside Cook Book: A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and by Beard, James
    James Beard

    The Fireside Cook Book: A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and

    The Fireside Cook Book is designed for people who are not content to regard food just as something one transfers periodically from plate to mouth. It is for those who recognize that a simple family meal (as well as a dress-up dinner party) can...
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  • Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking by Dabney, Joseph
    Joseph Dabney

    Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking

    Winner of the James Beard Cookbook of the Year award, Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine combines delicious recipes of Appalachian cuisine with the folklore surrounding the area's pioneer and present-day homesteaders.A modern-day classic, Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine serves up...
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  • Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks by Butler, Sharon
    Sharon Butler

    Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks

    This is a completely revised edition of the classic cookbook that makes genuine medieval meals available to modern cooks. Using the best recipes from the first edition as a base, Constance Hieatt and Brenda Hosington have added many new recipes from more countries to...
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  • Chile Peppers: A Global History by DeWitt, Dave
    Dave DeWitt

    Chile Peppers: A Global History

    For more than ten thousand years, humans have been fascinated by a seemingly innocuous plant with bright-colored fruits that bite back when bitten. Ancient New World cultures from Mexico to South America combined these pungent pods with every conceivable meat and vegetable, as evident...
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  • Home Comfort Cook Book 1930 Reprint by Wrought Iron Range
    Wrought Iron Range

    Home Comfort Cook Book 1930 Reprint

    Unabridged reproduction of the 1930 Home Comfort Cook Book is a real treasury of fun for all those involved or interested in wood stoves and old time cooking. Humorous as it is useful, it features over 1000 recipes or suggestions on how to cook,...
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  • Judgment of Paris: Judgment of Paris by Taber, George M.
    George M. Taber

    Judgment of Paris: Judgment of Paris

    The only reporter present at the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976--a blind tasting where a panel of esteemed French judges chose upstart California wines over France's best--for the first time introduces the eccentric American winemakers and records the tremendous aftershocks of this historic event...
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  • Bourbon and Bullets: True Stories of Whiskey, War, and Military Service by Tramazzo, John C.
    John C. Tramazzo

    Bourbon and Bullets: True Stories of Whiskey, War, and Military Service

    American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines carried whiskey at Yorktown, Gettysburg, Manila, and Da Nang. It bolstered their courage, calmed their nerves, and treated their maladies. As a serious American whiskey drinker, John C. Tramazzo noticed how military service and whiskey went hand in...
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  • Cooking in Marfa: Welcome, We've Been Expecting You by Lebermann, Virginia
    Virginia Lebermann

    Cooking in Marfa: Welcome, We've Been Expecting You

    A treasure trove of essays, recipes, and images exploring the people and food of Marfa and its premier restaurant, The CapriCooking in Marfa introduces an unusual small town in the West Texas desert and, within it, a fine-dining oasis in a most unlikely place....
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  • Jane Austen's Card Games - 11 Classic Card Games And 3 Supper Menus From The Novels And Letters Of Jane Austen by Staples, Jo Ann
    Jo Ann Staples

    Jane Austen's Card Games - 11 Classic Card Games And 3 Supper Menus From The Novels And Letters Of Jane Austen

    Card playing was a favorite pastime for many of Jane Austen's characters. Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley bonded over vingt-un, Mr. Woodhouse entertained Mrs. Goddard with piquet, and Fanny Price dealt the cribbage cards for Lady Bertram. There are ten card games mentioned by...
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  • Creole Feast: Fifteen Master Chefs of New Orleans Reveal Their Secrets by Burton, Nathaniel
    Nathaniel Burton

    Creole Feast: Fifteen Master Chefs of New Orleans Reveal Their Secrets

    Before there were celebrity gourmands, Creole Feast brought together the stories and knowledge of New Orleans top chefs when it was first presented in 1978. These masters of modern Creole cuisine share the recipes, tips, and tricks from the kitchens of New Orleans' most...
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  • Bourbon: The Evolution of Kentucky Whiskey by Cecil, Sam K.
    Sam K. Cecil

    Bourbon: The Evolution of Kentucky Whiskey

    Think of Kentucky and several images come to mind: sports, bluegrass, Churchill Downs, and yes, bourbon. There is a sobering reality in that bourbon has made the greatest impact among those industries that best symbolize the state. Kentucky bourbon is distinguished from others for...
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  • Iconic Chicago Dishes, Drinks and Desserts by Bizzarri, Amy
    Amy Bizzarri

    Iconic Chicago Dishes, Drinks and Desserts

    The food that fuels hardworking Chicagoans needs to be hearty, portable and inexpensive. Enterprising locals transform standard fare into Chicago classics, including Spinning Salad, Flaming Saganaki, Jumpballs, Jim Shoes, Pizza Puffs and Pullman Bread. The restaurants, bakeries, taverns and pushcarts cherished from one generation...
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  • Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography by Bright, Susan
    Susan Bright

    Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography

    Food has been a much-photographed subject throughout the history of photography, across genres, including art and advertising. This is the first book to survey the rich history of food in photography, and the photographers who developed new ways of describing food in pictures. Through...
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  • The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide by Heiss, Mary Lou
    Mary Lou Heiss

    The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide

    Whether it's a delicate green tea or a bracing Assam black, a cup of tea is a complex brew of art and industry, tradition and revolution, East and West. In this sweeping tour through the world of tea, veteran tea traders Mary Lou Heiss...
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  • The Southern Foodways Alliance Guide to Cocktails by Milam, Sara Camp
    Sara Camp Milam

    The Southern Foodways Alliance Guide to Cocktails

    The South's relationship with drinking is complicated. Although religious and legal mandates discourage the sale and consumption of alcohol, the region has a robust drinking culture. As the home of NASCAR, a sport that arose from the high-speed antics of bootleggers, and Tennessee Williams,...
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  • The Spirit of Rye: Over 300 Expressions to Celebrate the Rye Revival by DeVito, Carlo
    Carlo DeVito

    The Spirit of Rye: Over 300 Expressions to Celebrate the Rye Revival

    The Spirit of Rye is a celebration of rye's dynamic qualities and the spirit's exciting revival.Celebrate the many flavor profiles of rye whiskey, its distinguished history, and its contemporary revival with The Spirit of Rye. The resurgence in rye whiskey is unmistakable, as is...
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  • Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol by Gately, Iain
    Iain Gately

    Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol

    A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped...
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  • The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolution by Heyman, Stephen
    Stephen Heyman

    The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolution

    Louis Bromfield was a World War I ambulance driver, a Paris expat, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist as famous in the 1920s as Hemingway or Fitzgerald. But he cashed in his literary success to finance a wild agrarian dream in his native Ohio. The...
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  • Native Wine Grapes of Italy by D'Agata, Ian
    Ian D'Agata

    Native Wine Grapes of Italy

    Mountainous terrain, volcanic soils, innumerable microclimates, and an ancient culture of winemaking influenced by Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans make Italy the most diverse country in the world of wine. This diversity is reflected in the fact that Italy grows the largest number of native...
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  • The Picayune's Creole Cook Book by The Picayune
    The Picayune

    The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

    One of the world's most unusual and exciting cooking styles, New Orleans Creole cookery melds a fantastic array of influences: Spanish spices, tropical fruits from Africa, native Choctaw Indian gumbos, and most of all, a panoply of French styles, from the haute cuisine of...
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  • Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook: 200 Recipes Celebrating Maine's Culinary Past, Present, and Future by Schatz, Karl
    Karl Schatz

    Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook: 200 Recipes Celebrating Maine's Culinary Past, Present, and Future

    Mainers know that if there is one thing that brings everyone together, it's food; from blueberry pie contests to lobster bakes to bean suppers and beyond. The Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook explores that idea, offering family and community recipes from across the length and...
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  • Taste of Control: Food and the Filipino Colonial Mentality Under American Rule by Orquiza, René Alexander D.
    René Alexander D. Orquiza

    Taste of Control: Food and the Filipino Colonial Mentality Under American Rule

    Winner of the 2021 Gourmand Awards, Asian Section & Culinary History Section Filipino cuisine is a delicious fusion of foreign influences, adopted and transformed into its own unique flavor. But to the Americans who came to colonize the islands in the 1890s, it was...
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  • Pennsylvania Scrapple: A Delectable History by Strauss, Amy
    Amy Strauss

    Pennsylvania Scrapple: A Delectable History

    Join author Amy Strauss as she traces the sizzling history and culture of a beloved and sustaining Pennsylvania Dutch iconic dish, scrapple.The name may remind you of a certain word-based board game, but scrapple has been an essentialAuthor: Amy StraussISBN-10: 162585885XISBN-13: 9781625858856Publisher: History PressLanguage:...
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  • The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food from the Lost Wpa Files by Kurlansky, Mark
    Mark Kurlansky

    The Food of a Younger Land: A portrait of American food from the lost WPA files

    Recommended by Chef José Andrés on The Drew Barrymore Show! A portrait of American food--before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional--from the lost WPA files.From the New York Times bestselling...
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  • Chewing the Fat: An Oral History of Italian Foodways from Fascism to Dolce Vita by Moyer-Nocchi, Karima
    Karima Moyer-Nocchi

    Chewing the Fat: An Oral History of Italian Foodways from Fascism to Dolce Vita

    Italy is experiencing a surge of gastronomic nostalgia, a yearning to recreate and relive the delectable rustic meals of yesteryear, of brimming chalices of wine and sauce-laden pasta. A return to the simple abundance of Italy's past!Ah, if only it were true. If there...
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  • Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally by Feiring, Alice
    Alice Feiring

    Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally

    Naked wine is wine stripped down to its basics -- wine as it was meant to be: wholesome, exciting, provocative, living, sensual, and pure. Naked, or natural, wine is the opposite of most New World wines today; Alice Feiring calls them -- overripe, over-manipulated,...
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  • Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature by Cowling, Erin Alice
    Erin Alice Cowling

    Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature

    In terms of its popularity, as well as its production, chocolate was among the first foods to travel from the New World to Spain. Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature considers chocolate as an object of collective memory used to bridge...
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  • Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life by Bertelsen, Cynthia D.
    Cynthia D. Bertelsen

    Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life

    Award-winning author and city girl Cynthia D. Bertelsen grew up in eastern Washington state, in Palouse wheat-farming country. Her father, a plant pathologist, researched diseases of wheat and cacao at a local university. And every spring he planted a big vegetable garden and tended...
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  • The Worldwide Forager by Phillips, Roger
    Roger Phillips

    The Worldwide Forager

    A new approach to foragingRoger Phillips is the legendary godfather of foraging. Drawing upon decades of experience, his knowledge of wild food is unrivalled and in this richly illustrated book he shares some of his most recently gathered wisdom, collected from around the world.Roger...
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  • A Culinary History of Florida: Prickly Pears, Datil Peppers & Key Limes by Harris, Joy Sheffield
    Joy Sheffield Harris

    A Culinary History of Florida: Prickly Pears, Datil Peppers & Key Limes

    From the very first prickly pears harvested by Paleo-Indians more than twelve thousand years ago to the Seminole tribe's staple dish of sofkee, Florida's culinary history is as diverse as its geography. Italian, French, Creole, Spanish, Cuban, Greek, Mexican, Minorcan and Caribbean influences season...
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  • The Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine by DeWitt, Dave
    Dave DeWitt

    The Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine

    Ever wonder how certain foods came to be such huge staples of American culinary history? In this fascinating mashup between history book and cook book, one of America's Founding Fathers could be at the source!Food writer Dave DeWitt entertainingly describes how some of America's...
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  • Da Vinci's Kitchen: A Secret History of Italian Cuisine by DeWitt, Dave
    Dave DeWitt

    Da Vinci's Kitchen: A Secret History of Italian Cuisine

    With wars among the city-states raging in early Renaissance Italy, the enigmatic genius Leonardo da Vinci was producing some of the most lavish theatrical productions and banquets Europe has ever seen in the Sforza Court in Milan, while personally living a nearly monastic life,...
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  • Mild Ale: History, Brewing, Techniques, Recipes by Sutula, Dave
    Dave Sutula

    Mild Ale: History, Brewing, Techniques, Recipes

    Mild ale is a simple beer to make, but an extremely difficult style to pin down. Although light in body and alcohol, it is complex and full of flavor.Author: Dave SutulaISBN-10: 0937381683ISBN-13: 9780937381687Publisher: Brewers PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/1999Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.77w x...
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  • Bound to the Fire: How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine by Deetz, Kelley Fanto
    Kelley Fanto Deetz

    Bound to the Fire: How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine

    For decades, smiling images of "Aunt Jemima" and other historical and fictional black cooks could be found on various food products and in advertising. Although these images were sanitized and romanticized in American popular culture, they represented the untold stories of enslaved men and...
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  • Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites from Dim Sum to Kung Pao by Low, Bee Yinn
    Bee Yinn Low

    Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites from Dim Sum to Kung Pao

    Cook all your favorite Chinese dishes at home with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook! Growing up in a Chinese household in Malaysia where cuisine and culture were inseparable, Bee Yinn Low developed a deep love and appreciation for food. Her early memories of helping her...
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  • Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class by Barr, Luke
    Luke Barr

    Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class

    Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed Ritz and Escoffier. In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed...
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  • The Rituals of Dinner: Visser, Margaret by Visser, Margaret
    Margaret Visser

    The Rituals of Dinner: Visser, Margaret

    With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines...
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  • Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American by Macallen, Ian
    Ian Macallen

    Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American

    Tells the story of Italian food arriving in the United States and how your favorite red sauce recipes evolved into American staples. In Red Sauce, Ian MacAllentraces the evolution of traditional Italian-American cuisine, often referred to as "red sauce Italian," from its origins in...
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  • Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth by Matsumoto, Nancy
    Nancy Matsumoto

    Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake: Rice, Water, Earth

    *Recipient of the James Beard Media Award - Claiming the title of best book in the "Beverage without Recipes" category**Top 10 Nominee of the Spirited Award from the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation* This stunning guide invites you into the story of sake--an ancient...
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  • An Irresistible History of Southern Food: Four Centuries of Black-Eyed Peas, Collard Greens and Whole Hog Barbecue by McDaniel, Rick
    Rick McDaniel

    An Irresistible History of Southern Food: Four Centuries of Black-Eyed Peas, Collard Greens and Whole Hog Barbecue

    The South has always been celebrated for its food--a delectable blend of ingredients and cooking techniques connected to the region's rich soil and bountiful waters. And oftentimes what makes a recipe Southern is as much a state of mind as it is a matter...
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  • L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants: Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank, and Played by Geary, George
    George Geary

    L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants: Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank, and Played

    L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants is an illustrated history of dozens of landmark eateries from throughout the City of Angels. From such classics as Musso & Frank and The Brown Derby in the 1920s to the see-and-be-seen crowds at Chasen's, Romanoffs, and Ciro's in the mid-20th...
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  • The Ghirardelli Chocolate Cookbook: Recipes and History from America's Premier Chocolate Maker by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
    Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

    The Ghirardelli Chocolate Cookbook: Recipes and History from America's Premier Chocolate Maker

    America is experiencing a chocolate renaissance, and the epicenter is in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Ghirardelli has long been the standard-bearer for great chocolate. Domingo Ghirardelli first began making chocolate drinks for miners during the Gold Rush. In the more than 150...
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  • Signature Dishes That Matter by Davis, Mitchell
    Christine Muhlke

    Signature Dishes That Matter

    A global celebration of the iconic restaurant dishes that defined the course of culinary history over the past 300 yearsToday's food-lovers often travel the globe to enjoy the food of acclaimed chefs. Yet the tradition of seeking out unforgettable dining experiences goes back centuries,...
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  • Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out by Noel, Josh
    Josh Noel

    Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business

    North American Guild of Beer Writer Award Recipient Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago brewpub in the late 1980s, and it soon became one of the most inventive breweries in the world. In the golden age of light, bland and cheap beers, John...
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  • Ball Blue Book of Canning and Preserving Recipes by Various
    Various

    Ball Blue Book of Canning and Preserving Recipes

    This Ball Blue Book is a fascinating handbook for canning and preserving, providing traditional recipes and handy tips for how to use a wide variety of jars to conserve different foods. This classic volume is a must-read guide for anyone who wants to learn...
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