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  • How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture by Wallach, Jennifer Jensen
    Jennifer Jensen Wallach

    How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture

    How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture, by food and social historian Jennifer Wallach, sheds a new and interesting light on American history by way of the dinner table. It is, at once, a study of America's diverse culinary history...
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  • Classic Indian Cooking by Sahni, Julie
    Julie Sahni

    Classic Indian Cooking

    This extraordinary cookbook, Classic Indian Cooking, amounts to a complete course in Indian cuisine. Elucidated by over 100 line drawings, it systematically introduces the properties of all the basic spices and special ingredients of Indian food, then explains the techniques employed in using them,...
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  • The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus by Jacobs, Ryan
    Ryan Jacobs

    The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus

    "The ultimate truffle true crime tale"*: A thrilling journey through the hidden underworld of the world's most prized luxury ingredient. *Bianca Bosker, New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork Beneath the gloss of star chefs and crystal-laden tables, the truffle supply chain is...
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  • A Culinary History of the Chesapeake Bay: Four Centuries of Food and Recipes by Holifield, Tangie
    Tangie Holifield

    A Culinary History of the Chesapeake Bay: Four Centuries of Food and Recipes

    The four hundred years since colonization have brought European, African and Asian techniques, ingredients and tastes to the Chesapeake Bay. European colonists and Africans both enslaved and free were influenced by indigenous ingredients and Native American cooking and created uniquely New World foods. The...
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  • Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture by Contois, Emily J. H.
    Emily J. H. Contois

    Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture

    The phrase "dude food" likely brings to mind a range of images: burgers stacked impossibly high with an assortment of toppings that were themselves once considered a meal; crazed sports fans demolishing plates of radioactively hot wings; barbecued or bacon-wrapped . . . anything....
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  • The Secrets of Master Brewers: Techniques, Traditions, and Homebrew Recipes for 26 of the World's Classic Beer Styles, from Czech Pilsner to English by Alworth, Jeff
    Jeff Alworth

    The Secrets of Master Brewers: Techniques, Traditions, and Homebrew Recipes for 26 of the World's Classic Beer Styles, from Czech Pilsner to English

    Best-selling author Jeff Alworth takes serious beer aficionados on a behind-the-scenes tour of 26 major European and North American breweries that create some of the world's most classic beers. Learn how the Irish make stout, the secrets of traditional Czech pilsner, and what makes...
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  • Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Lohman, Sarah
    Sarah Lohman

    Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine

    "Very cool...a breezy American culinary history that you didn't know you wanted" (Bon Appetit) reveals a fascinating look at our past and uses long-forgotten recipes to explain how eight flavors changed how we eat. The United States boasts a culturally and ethnically diverse population...
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  • Fix the Pumps by O'Neil, Darcy S.
    Darcy S. O'Neil

    Fix the Pumps

    Fix the Pumps is a historical account of the golden era of soda fountains including over 450 recipes that made soda America's most popular drink.Author: Darcy S. O'NeilISBN-10: 0981175910ISBN-13: 9780981175911Publisher: Art of DrinkLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2010Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.42d
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  • The Book of Tea by Okakura, Kakuzo
    Kakuzo Okakura

    The Book of Tea

    The definitive visual edition of a classic masterpiece. The Book of Tea was originally written in English by Kakuzo Okakura in 1906. Since then, it has been recognized, together with Bushido, as one of the most important books written by Japanese authors in English...
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  • How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, IDI Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks by Szablowski, Witold
    Witold Szablowski

    How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, IDI Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks

    "Amazing stories . . . Intimate portraits of how [these five ruthless leaders] were at home and at the table." --Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday Anthony Bourdain meets Kapuściński in this chilling look from within the kitchen at the appetites of five of...
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  • North Carolina Triad Beer: A History by Cox, Richard
    Richard Cox

    North Carolina Triad Beer: A History

    Now centered on Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, the Triad was home to one of North Carolina's earliest brewery operations in the Moravian community of Bethabara. Easy access by rail and then highways attracted national breweries, and starting in the 1960s, the region began...
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  • Feasting and Fasting in Opera: From Renaissance Banquets to the Callas Diet by Polzonetti, Pierpaolo
    Pierpaolo Polzonetti

    Feasting and Fasting in Opera: From Renaissance Banquets to the Callas Diet

    Feasting and Fasting in Opera shows that the consumption of food and drink is an essential component of opera, both on and off stage. In this book, opera scholar Pierpaolo Polzonetti explores how convivial culture shaped the birth of opera and opera-going rituals until...
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  • The Origins of Cooking: Palaeolithic and Neolithic Cooking by Elbullifoundation
    Elbullifoundation

    The Origins of Cooking: Palaeolithic and Neolithic Cooking

    An in-depth exploration of the birth of cooking, as charted by leading authority and iconic chef Ferran Adrià's elBullifoundation Using Ferran Adrià's unique 'Sapiens' methodology, this extraordinary book examines in comprehensive detail the foundations of cuisine, starting with its earliest sources. Tracing every element...
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  • Modern Cookery for Private Families by Acton, Eliza
    Eliza Acton

    Modern Cookery for Private Families

    An unabridged reprint of Miss Acton's great book, first published in 1845 and added to by the author ten years later. This reprint is of the expanded edition and includes all the splendid engravings of the original. For those who do not know this...
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  • Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat by Spengler, Robert N.
    Robert N. Spengler

    Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat

    "A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable and cognitive read."--Nature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be...
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  • The Original Fannie Farmer 1896 Cookbook: The Boston Cooking School by Farmer, Fannie Merritt
    Fannie Merritt Farmer

    The Original Fannie Farmer 1896 Cookbook: The Boston Cooking School

    Take a step back in time with the Original Fannie Farmer Cookbook, the official how-to-cook-everything book from the esteemed Boston Cooking School. First published in 1896, this cookbook is notable for being the first of its kind to take a rigorous, almost scientific approach...
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  • The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of American Cookery, 1796 by Simmons, Amelia
    Amelia Simmons

    The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of "American Cookery," 1796

    This high-quality re-issue of the first American cookbook is an exact facsimile of the landmark 1796 publication that brought about the birth of American cuisine. In its pages of ingredients and preparations it reveals a great deal about the variety of food enjoyed by...
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  • Italian Cook Book by Artusi, Pellegrino
    Pellegrino Artusi

    Italian Cook Book

    2012 Reprint of 1945 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. At the age 71, Artusi completed his cookbook, but could not find a publisher. So he used his own money to self-publish, selling a thousand copies of...
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  • Pittsburgh Drinks: A History of Cocktails, Nightlife & Bartending Tradition by McDevitt, Cody
    Cody McDevitt

    Pittsburgh Drinks: A History of Cocktails, Nightlife & Bartending Tradition

    Pittsburgh s drinking culture is a story of its people: vibrant, hardworking and innovative. During Prohibition, the Hill District became a center of jazz, speakeasies and creative cocktails. In the following decades, a group of Cuban bartenders brought the nightlife of Havana to a...
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  • Annapurna: Gastronomic delights from my Fiji Indian childhood by Naidu, Nalini
    Nalini Naidu

    Annapurna: Gastronomic delights from my Fiji Indian childhood

    Winner of the Gourmand World CookbookAwards 2019 in the South Pacific category, Annapurna is a collection of dishes from Nalini's childhood memories and the changing food and eating habits she observed in Fiji and other countries of her residence which have embraced the culinary...
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  • French Wine: A History by Phillips, Rod
    Rod Phillips

    French Wine: A History

    "A fascinating book that belongs on every wine lover's bookshelf."--The Wine Economist "It's a book to read for its unstoppable torrent of fascinating and often surprising details."--Andrew Jefford, Decanter For centuries, wine has been associated with France more than with any other country. France...
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  • Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Wrangham, Richard
    Richard Wrangham

    Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

    The groundbreaking theory of how fire and food drove the evolution of modern humans Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard...
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  • What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained by Wolke, Robert L.
    Robert L. Wolke

    What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

    Do you wish you understood the science of foods, but don't want to plow through dry technical books? What Einstein Told His Cook is like having a scientist at your side to answer your questions in plain, nontechnical terms. Chemistry professor and syndicated Washington...
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  • Farm Recipes and Food Secrets from Norske Nook by Myhre, Helen
    Helen Myhre

    Farm Recipes and Food Secrets from Norske Nook

    When a small-town cafe in Osseo, Wisconsin, was praised for "some of the world's best pies" in the best-selling guidebook Roadfood, Helen Myhre and the Norske Nook became famous! The same home-cooking tips Helen shared on "Late Night with David Letterman" she now shares...
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  • Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food by Krampner, Jon
    Jon Krampner

    Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food

    More than Mom's apple pie, peanut butter is the all-American food. With its rich, roasted-peanut aroma and flavor; caramel hue; and gooey, consoling texture, peanut butter is an enduring favorite, found in the pantries of at least 75 percent of American kitchens. Americans eat...
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  • From the Soul into the Cast Iron Skillet, TWO - 2nd Helping by Bowden, Lurlene
    Lurlene Bowden

    From the Soul into the Cast Iron Skillet, TWO - 2nd Helping

    "GOD gave the BLACK RACE the culinary ability...to feed his Flock!" Through hardships and suffering, a great legacy began, of generations of exceptional COOKS/RECIPES, passed along through the ages...VERBALLY. "LILLIE OF THE FIELD: " In "The Golden Age Of The South," a story unfolds...
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  • Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef by Estes, Rufus
    Rufus Estes

    Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef

    "Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat" is the fascinating and historically significant cookbook by African-American chef Rufus Estes. Born into slavery in 1857, Estes began working as an attendant, then chef, in private railroad cars before honing his skills and eventually cooking for corporate...
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  • Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by O'Meara, Mallory
    Mallory O'Meara

    Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

    From Los Angeles Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara comes a lively and engrossing feminist history of women drinking through the ages.Strawberry daiquiris. Skinny martinis. Vodka sodas with lime. These are the cocktails that come in sleek-stemmed glasses, bright colors and fruity flavors--these are the...
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  • Medieval Cook by Henisch, Bridget A.
    Bridget A. Henisch

    Medieval Cook

    The figure of the medieval cook revealed, in the context of time and circumstance. Stylish and racy... An excellent book and a delight to read, written with panache and entirely convincing. Professor PETER COSS, Cardiff University. This book takes us into the world of...
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  • Angostura Bitters Complete Mixing Guide 1908 Reprint by Siegert
    Siegert

    Angostura Bitters Complete Mixing Guide 1908 Reprint

    Unabridged reproduction of the 1908 Angostura Bitters Complete Mixing Guide. Angostura Bitters was invented by Dr. Siegert in 1824 to cure all ailments - except the one you had. Lucky for us it was added to alcohol cures, as the umami and flavor make...
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  • The American Diner Cookbook: More Than 450 Recipes and Nostalgia Galore by Everett, Linda
    Linda Everett

    The American Diner Cookbook: More Than 450 Recipes and Nostalgia Galore

    With a surge in fascination with Americana and a nostalgia for simpler times, a once vanishing treasure is finding its way back into the popular culture and back onto the roadsides of the country. Their names once tempted customers with a little magic to...
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  • Over-The-Rhine: When Beer Was King by Morgan, Michael D.
    Michael D. Morgan

    Over-The-Rhine: When Beer Was King

    Over-the-Rhine is a place where a building owner can stumble upon huge caverns underneath a basement floor or find long-forgotten tunnels that travel far below city streets.ts present mysteries are attributable to a past that transcends the common story of how cities change over...
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  • The Pussers Cook Book: Traditional Royal Navy recipes by White, Paul
    Paul White

    The Pussers Cook Book: Traditional Royal Navy recipes

    This is the revised and updated edition of The Pussers Cook Book recipes Dits tidbits facts memories The Pussers Cook Book contains many of the most popular and loved traditional dishes served in the Royal Navy's Galleys from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.Some...
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  • Lost Restaurants of Knoxville by Johnson, Paula A.
    Paula A. Johnson

    Lost Restaurants of Knoxville

    Over the past 225 years, Knoxville dining has come full circle--from early taverns and saloons to upscale continental cuisine and back to the roots of local eating experiences. Greek immigrants Frank and George Regas founded the legendary Regas Restaurant, which operated for 90 years,...
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  • On Spice: Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness by Penzeymoog, Caitlin
    Caitlin Penzeymoog

    On Spice: Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness

    A revealing look at the history and production of spices, with modern, no-nonsense advice on using them at home--salt, saffron, vanilla, ginger, turmeric, and much more. Every home cook has thoughts on the right and wrong ways to use spices. These beliefs are passed...
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  • 100 Year Old Recipes: A 1907 Church Cookbook With Over 425 Historic Recipes by Surridge D. Ed, Robert W.
    Robert W. Surridge D. Ed

    100 Year Old Recipes: A 1907 Church Cookbook With Over 425 Historic Recipes

    One of the neighborhood grandmothers used to tell my mother: "If Bobby wants to eat chocolate cake for breakfast...let him eat the cake...it has all the things that are good for him...eggs, flour, butter, milk, and chocolate!" Not exactly the advice of today, however...
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  • Historic Restaurants of Cape Cod by Setterlund, Christopher
    Christopher Setterlund

    Historic Restaurants of Cape Cod

    Thousands of restaurants have come and gone on Cape Cod over the past century. Some, however, made an indelible mark.Author Christopher Setterlund details the history of the iconic establishments of the Cape, still fresh in the memories of patrons, complete with famous recipes. Bill...
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  • The Complete Cook by Sanderson, J. M.
    J. M. Sanderson

    The Complete Cook

    Published in 1843 in Philadelphia, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is derived from an earlier English work that author J. M. Sanderson heavily adapted for American usage, creating not only a cookbook that combined the best of American and European cooking...
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  • Civil War Recipes: Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book by Spaulding, Lily May
    Lily May Spaulding

    Civil War Recipes: Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book

    Godey's Lady's Book, perhaps the most popular magazine for women in nineteenth-century America, had a national circulation of 150,000 during the 1860s. The recipes (spelled "receipts") it published were often submitted by women from both the North and the South, and they reveal the...
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  • Edible North Carolina: A Journey Across a State of Flavor by Ferris, Marcie Cohen
    Marcie Cohen Ferris

    Edible North Carolina: A Journey Across a State of Flavor

    Marcie Cohen Ferris gathers a constellation of leading journalists, farmers, chefs, entrepreneurs, scholars, and food activists--along with photographer Baxter Miller-- to offer a deeply immersive portrait of North Carolina's contemporary food landscape. Ranging from manifesto to elegy, Edible North Carolina's essays, photographs, interviews, and...
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  • The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme
    Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

    The Physiology of Taste

    Originally published in 1825, Physiology of Taste is a culinary masterpiece that gives insight into the history and practice of eating, both together and alone. The author uses a unique storytelling style to detail the sensual art of fine dining. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin believes...
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  • Vintage Dessert Recipes: Timeless and Memorable Old-Fashioned Sweet Recipes from Our Grandmothers by Davidson, Louise
    Louise Davidson

    Vintage Dessert Recipes: Timeless and Memorable Old-Fashioned Sweet Recipes from Our Grandmothers

    Love the desserts and sweets your Grandma used to make when you were a child? Longed for that special treat Mom used to make? Look no further This collection of authentic vintage dessert recipes will bring you back in time with favorite old-fashioned dessert...
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  • Denver Beer: A History of Mile High Brewing by Shikes, Jonathan
    Jonathan Shikes

    Denver Beer: A History of Mile High Brewing

    Brewed in 1859 near what is now the heart of downtown, Denver's first beer quenched the thirst of fortune hunters following the gold rush. It lubricated the city's transformation from Wild West town to the Queen City of the Plains until Prohibition brought a...
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  • The Tudor Cookbook: From Gilded Peacock to Calves' Feet Pie by Breverton, Terry
    Terry Breverton

    The Tudor Cookbook: From Gilded Peacock to Calves' Feet Pie

    Have you ever wondered what the Tudors ate? What was served at the courtly feasts of Henry VIII, or what kept peasants alive through the harsh winters of the sixteenth century? The Tudor Cookbook provides over 250 recipes from authentic period manuals for starters,...
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  • Grandma's Wartime Kitchen: World War II and the Way We Cooked by Hayes, Joanne Lamb
    Joanne Lamb Hayes

    Grandma's Wartime Kitchen: World War II and the Way We Cooked

    While the country's soldiers were fighting in World War II, the women who stayed behind were making their own courageous--and delicious--contributions. Across the nation, women learned to do jobs formerly held by men while their husbands and sons served overseas. But on top of...
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  • American Cookie: The Snaps, Drops, Jumbles, Tea Cakes, Bars & Brownies That We Have Loved for Generations: A Baking Book by Byrn, Anne
    Anne Byrn

    American Cookie: The Snaps, Drops, Jumbles, Tea Cakes, Bars & Brownies That We Have Loved for Generations: A Baking Book

    A delicious tour of America's favorite treats, cookies, and candies from the beloved author of the bestselling Cake Mix Doctor series and American Cake IACP AWARD FINALIST - "Every recipe comes with a story as delicious as the small bite it describes. And best...
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  • The American Diner Cookbook: More Than 450 Recipes and Nostalgia Galore by Everett, Linda
    Linda Everett

    The American Diner Cookbook: More Than 450 Recipes and Nostalgia Galore

    Come On In Everyone Is Welcome With a surge in fascination with Americana and a nostalgia for simpler times, a once vanishing treasure is finding its way back into the popular culture and back onto the roadsides of the country. Their names once tempted...
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  • The Tequila 1000: The Ultimate Collection of Tequila Cocktails, Recipes, Facts, and Resources by Foley, Ray
    Ray Foley

    The Tequila 1000: The Ultimate Collection of Tequila Cocktails, Recipes, Facts, and Resources

    The Most Incredible, Comprehensive Collection of Everything You Can Make, Drink, and Discover about Tequila!Ray Foley, publisher of Bartender magazine, presents 1,000 cocktails, food recipes, fascinating facts, and resources about the spirit that inspired such marvelous inventions as the Margarita, the Tequila Sunrise, and...
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  • Eat Drink Delta: A Hungry Traveler's Journey Through the Soul of the South by Puckett, Susan
    Susan Puckett

    Eat Drink Delta: A Hungry Traveler's Journey Through the Soul of the South

    The Mississippi Delta is a complicated and fascinating place. Part travel guide, part cookbook, and part photo essay, Eat Drink Delta by veteran food journalist Susan Puckett (with photographs by Delta resident Langdon Clay) reveals a region shaped by slavery, civil rights, amazing wealth,...
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  • Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea by Visser, Margaret
    Margaret Visser

    Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea

    A staple of the food-writing genre that prefigured the current locavore and foodist movements by almost two decades, Margaret Visser's Much Depends on Dinner is a delightful and intelligent history of the food we eat, and a cornucopia of incredible details about the ways...
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