Cooking - History

What naughty joke is tucked inside every loaf of pumpernickel? Why do we call it a Tootsie Roll? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What squiggly creature inspired the name of the pasta called vermicelli? Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies...

Modern French habits of cooking, eating, and drinking were born in the Ancien Regime, radically breaking with culinary traditions that originated in antiquity and creating a new aesthetic. This new culinary culture saw food and wine as important links between human beings and nature....

"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...

2019 James Beard Foundation Book Award winner: Reference, History, and Scholarship A century and a half ago, when the food industry was first taking root, few consumers trusted packaged foods. Americans had just begun to shift away from eating foods that they grew themselves...

Home cooking is crucial to our lives, but today we no longer identify it as an obligatory everyday chore. By looking closely at the stories and practices of contemporary American home cooks--witnessing them in the kitchen and at the table--Amy B. Trubek reveals our...

This monumental collection contains over 350 royalty-free illustrations of every conceivable activity concerned with the preparation and consumption of food and drink. Jim Harter, well-known commercial designer and collagist, has selected the most versatile and eye-catching material, mainly from rare nineteenth-century sources. These fine...

Cheese, wine, honey and olive oil - four of Greece's best known contributions to culinary culture - were already well known four thousand years ago. Remains of honeycombs and of cheeses have been found under the volcanic ash of the Santorini eruption of 1627...

Food has never been more exalted as part of a lifestyle, yet fewer and fewer people really know what good food is. Drawing on enough culinary experiences to fill several lifetimes, Gina Mallet's irreverent memoir combines recollections of meals and their milieus with recipes...

We are what we eat--not just physiologically, but culturally. This collection of cross-cultural, generational essays, and accompanying recipes shows the profound importance of food dishes within American women's lives. For people of every ethnicity, food provides much more than mere fuel for the body--it...

The success of the new settlements in what is now the United States depended on food. This book tells about the bounty that was here and how Europeans forged a society and culture, beginning with help from the Indians and eventually incorporating influences from...

Hailed as a classic when initially published in 1961, Eat Not This Flesh was the first book that explored, from a historical and cultural perspective, taboos against eating certain kinds of flesh. Frederick J. Simoons's research remains original and invaluable, the only attempt of...

This extra special edition, created in 2019, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first printed recipe for wedding cake, contains a reproduction of the first edition of the original cookbook from 1769; includes an Appendix with the additional recipes featured in the second...

An international celebrity and founder of molecular gastronomy, or the scientific investigation of culinary practice, Herv This is known for his ground-breaking research into the chemistry and physics behind everyday cooking. His work is consulted widely by amateur cooks and professional chefs and has...

Whether you're digging into a slice of cherry cheesecake, burning your tongue on a piece of fiery Jamaican jerk chicken, or slurping the broth from a juicy soup dumpling, eating in New York City is a culinary adventure unlike any other in the world....

When did we first serve meals at regular hours? Why did we begin using individual plates and utensils to eat? When did "cuisine" become a concept and how did we come to judge food by its method of preparation, manner of consumption, and gastronomic...

Mark Kurlansky, bestselling author of Salt and Cod, serves up a smorgasbord of food writing through the ages, from Plato to Louis Prima Choice Cuts offers more than two hundred mouth-watering selections, including Brillat-Savarin on chocolate; Waverley Root on truffles; M. F. K. Fish...

View recipes from Food and Friends.The coauthor of Mastering the Art of French Cooking shares an irresistible feast of reminiscence and recipes. Simone "Simca" Beck first met Julia Child in 1949 in the women's cooking club Cercle des Gourmettes in Paris. Soon afterwards, the...

Sunday Times Bestseller It's a national icon, a British institution, the finest grocer of them all. Fortnum & Mason is a store that has fuelled the tide of British history, fed the appetites of kings and queens, maharajahs and czars, emperors, dukes and divas...

Traditional Country Life recipes appeal to the cook in all of us - recipes like grandma used to make, but with modern techniques, styles, clear step-by-step directions, and all natural ingredients. We have taken care to prepare basic, home-spun, down-to-earth recipes, elegant in their...

What is American cuisine? What national menu do we share? What dishes have we chosen, how did they become American, and how are they likely to evolve from here? In Food Americana, David Page answers all these questions and more. America is more than...

In this remarkable work, Rae Katherine Eighmey presents Franklin's delight and experimentation with food throughout his life. At age sixteen, he began dabbling in vegetarianism. In his early twenties, citing the health benefits of water over alcohol, he convinced his printing-press colleagues to abandon...

The only cocktail book you will ever need! "A handbook of classic cocktails essential to every host's repertoire." --Vogue "The ultimate guide to drinks-making for beginners. And the ultimate guide to making friends and influencing people.' Buzzfeed Want to master the art of mixology...

Maurice Healy, Irish barrister practicing at the English Bar and well-known wine connoisseur, takes a wide-ranging tour of European wine regions, and recounts historic vintages he had the good fortune to drink.Author: Maurice HealyISBN-10: 1913141233ISBN-13: 9781913141233Publisher: Academie Du Vin Library LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2022Pages: 262Format:...

Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most distinctive culinary arts. And people aren't just eating it; they're...

Gin is a global alcoholic drink that has polarized opinion like no other, and its history has been a roller coaster, alternating between being immensely popular and utterly unfashionable.The Weird and Wonderful Story of Gin explores the exciting, interesting and downright curious aspects of...

"In the most desolate and hopeless of circumstances, blacks caught in the grip of slavery often exhibited uncommon wisdom, beauty, strength and creativity. The kitchen was one place where their imagination and skill could have free rein and full expression, and they often excelled."Recipes...

Bread, accompanied by meat and wine, was the centrepiece of the medieval diet. Vegetables were more for peasants, both in reality and imagination. Not all foods had the same cultural value. Each had its place within a hierarchy extending from heaven to earth.In this...

Bread, accompanied by meat and wine, was the centrepiece of the medieval diet. Vegetables were more for peasants, both in reality and imagination. Not all foods had the same cultural value. Each had its place within a hierarchy extending from heaven to earth.In this...

This book is about cheese and for cheese lovers everywhere. If you like cheese and wit, you will love this fascinating approach to memoir.This book celebrates the foods and flavors that punctuate our lives and memories-viewed through the fresh lens of our favorite cheeses....

A substantial, beautifully illustrated guide to the history of nutmeg and its use Profusely illustrated with pictures of decorative antique graters, pomanders and spice containers Offers a detailed account of nutmeg in the Spice Islands, the Caribbean, and the West A vital reference work...

Women of African descent have contributed to America's food culture for centuries, but their rich and varied involvement is still overshadowed by the demeaning stereotype of an illiterate "Aunt Jemima" who cooked mostly by natural instinct. To discover the true role of Black women...

Author: Tom StandageISBN-10: 8200096297ISBN-13: 9798200096299Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2011Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d

Have you heard that the way to a person's heart is through their stomach? Would you enjoy preparing meals for or with the one you love? Isn't Valentine's Day the best time to make that happens? Whether you are a single person, currently looking...

Is Anthimus' work "the oldest European medieval cookbook"? Well, it IS six centuries older than a twelfth century book that has been touted as exactly that. In the sixth century an Ostrogoth king sent a Byzantine physician to one of the Frankish courts where...

Nothing is more Special than Bonding with our Loved Ones over a HOME-COOKED MEAL.✩ Read this book for FREE on the Kindle Unlimited NOW ✩In this age of fast-paced lifestyles, though, people are always on the go, and so, preparing a decent home-cooked meal...

I'm a MEAT LOVER And SO ARE YOU ✩ Read this book for FREE on the Kindle Unlimited NOW ✩Nope, I'm not sharing a secret. Rather, I'm letting everyone know that I'm so proud of it Either my caveman good looks or Midwestern background...

Happiness is Experimenting in the Kitchen ✩ Read this book for FREE on the Kindle Unlimited NOW ✩With life being fast-paced nowadays, it's difficult to make time to cook meals from scratch. But it's essential enough for me to make it my priority. Cooking...

THE "BABYBOOMERS' COOKIN' RIGHT...LEFTOVERS: MAKE YOUR OWN TV DINNERS: AN EASY WAY TO REDUCE YOUR GROCERY SPENDING: The concept of, TV, Frozen Dinners is, EASY, even though, they may not be the healthiest. These pre-portioned, Meals can be ready in (5) minutes and, typically,...

This cookbook is many things rolled into one, but four themes stand out: forgotten gems, a gathering of time travellers, culture appreciation, and sheer joy. There are cooks among us who would like to please an audience with a dish that they haven't had...

CONTENTS "In the beginning"--The coming of the nations Assyria and the other kingdoms of the "tawny men" Egypt and the Egyptians The "vegetable kingdom" of Ancient Egypt Greece before the age of luxury Rome in the days of her greatest prosperity The ancient Jews...

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 broughAuthor: Jonathan...

Ultimate Persian cookbookTOP 111 Persian dishes that you can cook right now Learn to how cook DELICIOUS Persian recipes.Sabzi polo, Kookoo Shibzamini and original dolmah recipes inside Within these pages you will learn 111 authentic recipes from a Persian cook. These are not ordinary...

'In the kitchen, via the garden, I am often torn between theory and praxis, when surely the latter is all that matters here. Yet the largest bench, the one dividing the dining area from the kitchen itself, is never used for culinary preparation. It...

The Original Mediterranean Cuisine is both culinary history and cookbook, with 70 recipes from fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Catalan and Italian manuscripts, adapted for today's kitchens. Starting with the natural and cultural affinities of Mediterranean Europe, such that a medieval merchant from Italy could be...

The Boke of Keruynge is a handbook or manual for well-born boys in Tudor times who had to learn how to behave at court. They were often sent to court or to a great house at an early age to be instructed, as was...

Food trucks announcing "halal" proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch? Here Middle Eastern historians Febe Armanios and Bogac Ergene provide an accessible introduction to halal (permissible) food in the Islamic tradition, exploring what...

Stories, anecdotes and recipes about Viennese cuisine.Everyone associates a certain impression with Viennese cuisine: Sacher Torte, Wiener Schnitzel, Gugelhupf and Kaiserschmarrn.But Viennese cuisine is much more than just a collection of recipes. Rather, it is a symbol of the Viennese's ability to enjoy the...

Once a totally disrespected food, known only by poor indigenous peoples in the Andean mountain regions of South America, quinoa is now appreciated, eaten, and also grown throughout the world. Quinoa's unique strengths as a food crop, its amazing nutritional characteristics, and its culinary...

This book examines Chinese food and the culture of food consumption in East and Southeast Asia. Through the lens of food, the authors address recent theories in social science concerning cultural identity, ethnicity, boundary formation, consumerism and globalization, and the invention of local cuisine...

Food defines us as individuals, communities, and nations - we are what we eat and, equally, what we don't eat. When, where, why, how and with whom we eat are crucial to our identity. Feast and Fast presents novel approaches to understanding the history...