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Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back
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In Kitchen Literacy, Ann Vileisis brings a deft touch to defining and connecting the forces that have removed food literacy from the consumer over the past 200 years. She addresses a wide set of influences, including urbanization, industrialization, war, the rise of supermarkets and mega-marts, the mutation of marketing, and the gradual replacement of ... »
Food in History
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Tannahill takes us on an enthralling journey across history, from prehistoric times to the Industrial revolution, from the perspective of food, cuisine, food production and agriculture. It is an unfortunate sign of the times that history has almost been disassociated with food - probably because in the West food has stopped being a worry for many decad... »
The President's Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy
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A history book both interesting and fun. If you are at all intrigued by American history, this is delicious, little sidelight, a small but richly entertaining detail of the American tapestry.White House entertaining, presidential menus and invitations from Washington to Bush from a man who has been to WhiteHouse dinners. And very nonpolitical: in this ... »
Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and
This is a splendid book that surveys a big, broad sweep of culinary history. It's eminently readable. Dickie employs an interesting device in this regar... »
Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
Victorian England may have started a downward trend in culinary preferences, (lasting well into the twentieth century) but one would never know it after r... »
How to Be a Better Foodie: A Bulging Little Boo
If you're wondering what to get your foodie friends for the holidays, you may want to consider making Sudi Pigott's "How to Be a Better Foodie" your stock... »
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Im
You can't tell the story of Chez Panisse, Berkeley's famed restaurant, without relating that of its diminutive founder, proprietor, and sometime chef, Ali... »
Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked J
I have only skimmed through this book but from what I have seen I believe that it will prove informational. Also, from this book I have subscribed to a n... »
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques an
What would you give to see the notes Julia Child keeps in her handwritten loose-leaf kitchen reference guide? Your wish is granted! This clever little vol... »
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
my very best childhood friend gave me this book last year as a present. i loved reading it. i had never "read" a cookbook before. The author did a bril... »
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